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Eu Migrant Access To The British Welfare State

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

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Migration Watch Uk Media Comment On Vince Cable’s Remarks

Commenting on Vince Cable’s remarks, Sir Andrew Green, Chairman of Migration Watch UK, said:“Vince Cable is not only completely out of touch with public opinion but also completely wrong on his facts. University applications went up by 5% last year. The fall in students was almost entirely amongst college applicants

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Immigration And Visa Statistics

Commenting on the latest immigration and visa statisticsreleased this morning, Sir Andrew Green, Chairman of Migration Watch UK, said: “The latest immigration figures are very good news. Netmigration is down by 89,000 on the previous year and the government haveachieved this without harming the business or university sectors. University applicants

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New Report Shows Britain Is ‘open For Business’

Britain’simmigration system is remarkably business friendly, contrary to the stories putout by some of the financial press, says a new report by Migration Watch UKpublished today. Infact thousands of skilled worker (Tier 2), Exceptional Talent, and GraduateEntrepreneurs visas remained unfilled, despite cries that talented people arebeing denied access to the UK to

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Family Permits For Eu Citizens In Britain

A paperissued today by Migration Watch UK reveals that 100,000 dependantsof EU nationals resident in Britain entered the UK in the last five years withno conditions attached but with full and immediate access to benefits. Thegovernment’s reform of the Immigration Rules require British citizens to beearning £18,600 before they can bring

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Changing Minds – The Financing Of The Pro-mass Immigration Lobby

The Daily Mail recently reported on the Diana MemorialFund’s financing of a pro mass immigration campaign.  The article highlighted the role of theMigration Observatory in this campaign, called “Changing Minds”. The MigrationObservatory has not responded to our questions seeking clarification of theirposition. However, we have now looked furtherinto this issue

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