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Don’t Be Fooled – This Government Is Not In Control Of Illegal Immigration
The Home Office today (9th September) issued a press release titled, ‘For the first time, small boat migrants arriving in the UK face being detained and returned to France’. Promising title – but is it…
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Cutting Student Visas: Bringing Migration Under Control
The numbers speak for themselves. In 2024, student visas accounted for 45% of all UK entry visas issued – the single largest route for legal migration. This surge is no accident. In 2019, ministers set…
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Migration Is Changing Your Area – Just Look At These Numbers.
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) released its official estimates for the population of England and Wales yesterday, and the results make for dire reading. Already the headlines are coming in thick and fast: “Migration fuels population…
Learn MoreA Shocking Year, Strewn With Failure. Pull Your Socks up or go!
It’s been exactly one year since Labour won the 2024 General Election. Given that “immigration and asylum” was the second-most important issue for voters at the time – and by far the most important issue for Conservative…
Learn MoreWar In Iran Will Only Make Britain’s Migration Crisis Worse
The regional fallouts of the conflict engulfing Iran are yet to reveal themselves, but one catastrophic consequence is definitely not in doubt: Britain’s migration crisis will further deepen. Iran is already the nation from which…
Learn MoreIs The Prime Minister’s Plan Working?
Can the government stop the boats? Speaking in Dover today, the Prime Minister gave an update on his pledge to stop small boats crossing the English Channel. Illegal crossings, he said, are down 20 per…
Learn MoreA Passage From India – Explaining The Unexpected Rise Of Indians Crossing The Channel
This week the government disclosed that in 2023 Indians have been the second largest group of people illegally crossing the English Channel in small boats, making up 18 per cent of all crossings. Although the increase…
Learn MoreFrom Baghdad To Bournemouth – Granting Refuge To Terrorists
It emerged in the Daily Mail recently that among those who illegally entered the UK in a dinghy last year were 19 suspected terrorists, several of whom are thought to have been members of the…
Learn MoreDoes Britain Think Immigration Is Too High?
Polling is central to modern politics. For governments, it is a means of testing public reaction to policies. More and more nowadays it is done with focus groups to test the popularity or otherwise of…
Learn MoreNo Sign Yet Of Any Significant Inflow From Southern Europe
1. To see if there has been a recent increase inimmigration from the EU14 there are three useful sources of data: Long TermInternational Migration Data (LTIM); Annual Population Survey (APS) and;National Insurance Numbers (NINOs). TheAPS data has only been available since 2004 and so this is the start date forthe
Home Affairs Committee Report On The Work Of The Uk Border Agency
Commenting on the Home Affairs Committee Report, Sir Andrew Green, Chairman of Migration Watch UK, said: “The government inherited a system in chaos. There have been signs of improvement but this new backlog of half a million cases is surely a wake-up call. The immigration system is struggling again and must
Immigration Undercounted By ½ Million. Statisticians Refuse To Publish New Figures. Revised Figures Would Show 4 Million Immigrants Under Labour.
A study issued today byMigrationwatch UK has examined how the number of EU immigrants hasbeen undercounted by half a million over a ten year period – a difference thesize of Manchester. The mistake wasdiscovered by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) when they compared theresults of the recent census with the
Migration Watch Uk Comment On Prebble Report
Commenting on the BBC Trust’s review “ABBC Trust Review of the Breadth of Opinion Reflected in the BBC’s Output”(Stuart Prebble Report), Sir Andrew Green, Chairman of Migration Watch UK,said: “This report is a lost opportunity. The BBC Trust’s conclusion that there is nopersuasive evidence that significant areas of opinion are
Operation Nexus
This is the title of an operationlaunched by the Metropolitan Police in September 2012 which has recently attracteda certain amount of media attention. Theobject of it is to use deportation as a sanction against foreign unconvictedcriminals. Deporting convicted criminalsis not usually a problem, subject to the operation of Article 8
Marriage Visas And English Language Competence
Paragraph 281 of theImmigration Rules sets out the requirements which have to be met for a foreignspouse or civil partner (other than one from inside the European EconomicArea) of a British citizen or person settled in the United Kingdom to be grantedentry clearance enabling him or her to enter the