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Explore our latest publications on immigration and asylum policies. Stay informed with well-researched insights.
Asylum Seeker Hotel Costs In Context
Over the past few decades, the numbers relating to government spending only seem to rise and rise. This can be quite de-sensitising. Eventually, an exasperated taxpayer might even be forgiven for caring little for ‘just’…
Learn MoreThe Abuse Of Modern Slavery Laws By Asylum Seekers
Key points 1. The Modern Slavery Act 2015 was passed in order to combat modern slavery in the United Kingdom. Since 2018, 15,977 UK nationals (3,195 per year on average) have been referred to the…
Learn MoreIrregular Immigration Behind The Broken Asylum System
The latest irregular migration statistics released on 25th August for the year ending June 2022 revealed the extent to which irregular (what used to be termed illegal) migration, feeds the broken asylum system, since nearly all those entering…
Learn MoreNumber Of People Per Illegal Boat Has Shot Up Five-fold Over Past Five Years
As the government has prevaricated and revealed its impotence on tackling boat arrivals, more than 2,500 boats have breached our borders. And new figures reveal that the average number of people per boat has risen five-fold since…
Learn MoreOverwhelmed, Abused Asylum System Costs You £2 Billion In Taxes As Illegal Boats Mount
New statistics released by the Home Officereveal just how costly, overwhelmed and abused our asylum system has become as illegal boat crossings have skyrocketed. More than 60,000 have arrived illegally by boat since January 2018 and…
Learn MoreAll-time High Immigration: Record 1.1 Million Entry Grants To Live In The Uk
The Home Office released visa, asylum and immigration statisticspertaining to the year to June 2022. These reveal a large increase in immigration since before the pandemic, with an astonishing 1.1 million visas granted for people to come…
Learn MoreOpen Letter To Conservative Leadership Candidates
Below is the text of an open letter sent to both Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak, highlighting the support for reducing overall immigration among the British public-as revealed by our recent polling data. The Right…
Learn MoreConservative Voters Strongly Favour Reducing Immigration
New polling conducted by Migration Watch UK demonstrates significant public support for reducing immigration into Britain. Despite claims in recent years that after Brexit the British public are now softer on immigration and its impact,…
Learn MoreCensus Confirms Huge Population Growth In Overcrowded England And Wales
Some of the first results to be published from Census 2021 show that the population of England and Wales grew from 56 million to 59.5 million, or by 3.5 million between 2011 and 2021 –…
Learn MoreLabour’s Link Between Immigration And Apprenticeships
Summary 1.Labour’s scheme to trade work permitsfor new apprenticeships faces practical difficulties. Work permits are nowadaysissued for higher level positions so apprentices would not be immediatereplacements. There would be no impact on low skilled migration which seems tohave been the context for this announcement. Introduction 2. On the Andrew Marr
Press Comment On The End Of The Seasonal Agricultural Workers Scheme
Welcoming the Government’s decisionto bring to an end the Seasonal Agricultural Workers Scheme, Sir Andrew Green,Chairman of Migration Watch UK, said: ‘This decision has to be right. Wenow have a labour market of 500 million in the European Union, it simply makesno sense to bring in unskilled workers from outside.
Response To The Latest Net Migration Figures – Students Are A Key Element In Net Migration
Despite a small increase over thequarter, these latest figures show that government policy is succeeding in reducinginflows from outside the EU – by 50,000 over the year. Future reductionsin net migration will depend on ensuring that people leave when they should. Inthis connection the student figures are striking. Over the
Foreign Citizens Votes Could Critically Affect Outcome Of 2015 Election And Eu Referendum
A millionforeign citizens can vote in all British elections Commonwealth Citizenswho have not yet qualified for British Citizenship, or have not even applied,should no longer be entitled to vote in British general elections, nor in theforthcoming referendum on UK membership of the EU. That is the conclusion of a report issued
The Migration Matters Trust And Their Estimate Of Migration From Bulgaria And Romania
On 8th August the Migration MattersTrust (MMT), chaired by Barbara Roche and co-chaired by Gavin Barwell MPpublished their estimate of immigration from Romania and Bulgaria which theyput at 20,000 for 2014.[1],[2]. On 18 August an article in The Observer quoted AtulHatwal the Director of the MMT as saying that higher claims
Ons Labour Market Statistics
Commenting on the ONS’s Labour market statistics, Sir AndrewGreen, Chairman of Migration Watch UK said: “This increase of just over a third in Romanian and Bulgarianworkers in the UK over the past year is a sharp increase on the previous trend.It suggests that still larger numbers will arrive next year