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Summary The vast majority of familyvisas – 77% – were granted to the partners/spouses of British citizens orsettled migrants. The largest number of grants is to Pakistani and Indianapplicants. Some family migrants are more permanent than others – data suggeststhat the majority of people who enter on partner visas from

This week we were treated tothe news that ‘opposition to immigration drops when people are told about theeconomic benefits of net migration’. Former Labour ImmigrationMinister Barbara Roche – who presided over much of Labour’s immigrationshambles – claimed that ‘when the full facts of migration are presented to theBritish people, they

Today, the Mayor of London Boris Johnson made a speech about investment in the future of London. He pointed to the ‘demographic explosion’ now occurring and the resulting huge shortage of both homes and school places but he made no reference to the impact of immigration. He seemed to regard

On Thursday 6 June both Housesof Parliament debated the demand by five chairmen of Parliamentary Committeesthat the government remove students from their net migration target. Thegovernment have flatly refused to the fury of these eminent Parliamentarians. Theypoint out that the Universities Lobby have got their facts completely wrong.Contrary to their

Onthe eve of debates in both Houses of Parliament, Migration Watch UK has issued BriefingPaper No 2.24 underlining the need to continue including students in thecalculation of net migration. Keypoints as follows:         Our major competitors do include them (as Universities UK now apparentlyaccept).  To remove them would destroy

1. The government should strongly resist efforts by the EU to further weaken British control over access tour welfare system. The Habitual Residence Test 2. It was announced today that the UK is to be taken to the European Court of Justice over its rules regarding access to welfare for