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Economics Of Migration
A letter from Sir Andrew GreenThe Tablet, London Your leader article (“What migrants do for us”, 6 January) described as “tendentious” Migrationwatch analysis which suggested that the economic benefit of migration is marginal. Some government ministers still…
Learn More“strangers Into Citizens”?
IntroductionThe Roman Catholic Church and others are supporting a “strangers into citizens”campaign. This note summarises the case against it. The ProposalThe proposal is that “undocumentedmigrants” who have been living (illegally) in Britain for four yearsshould be…
Learn More“Strangers into citizens”? | Migration Watch UK
IntroductionThe Roman Catholic Church and others are supporting a “strangers into citizens” campaign. This note summaries the case against it. The ProposalThe proposal is that “undocumented migrants” who have been living (illegally) in Britain for…
Learn MoreStudent ‘Scams’ provide yet another back door into Britain | Migration Watch UK
Further evidence that current procedures are failing to prevent major scams within the immigration system is revealed in a new report out today from think-tank Migrationwatch. Research by the group into Home Office statistics reveals…
Learn MoreResponse to 2001 Census figures… | Migration Watch UK
The following comment was issued to the media on February 13, 2003 in respect of the results of the 2001 Census. ‘These figures illustrate just how quickly and profoundly the character of some parts of…
Learn MoreRestore The First Chance Rule
The ‘First Chance’ rule – also known as the ‘Resident Labour Market Test’ – is an immigration safeguard that means UK workers have the first opportunity to apply for job openings before such vacancies are…
Learn MoreMW285 : Bill of Rights – Commission’s Report | Migration Watch UK
The Commission set up in 2011 to report on the possibility of a UK Bill of Rights published its report yesterday, 18 December. It has not attracted much attention from the media. The report itself runs to 282 pages, which I do not claim to have read in full. I
Sir Andrew Green’s Letter In The Daily Telegraph
Curbing Immigration Sir, I am most grateful for your generousendorsement of Migrationwatch in today’s editorial (“Labour has noright to lecture on immigration”). Looking ahead, we must recognize that many are shell shocked by the pace ofchange in our society, now underscored by the census results. Integratingthe nearly three million immigrants
Speech by Labour Party Leader | Migration Watch UK
Following the speech made this morning by the Labour Party Leader, Ed Miliband, Sir Andrew Green said: “The steps which Ed Miliband outlined to promote integration are perfectly sensible but there was a glaring gap in his speech – namely his failure to say anything significant about limiting the scale
Comment By Sir Andrew Green On Home Secretary’s Speech On Immigration
Followingthe speech made this morning by the Home Secretary, Theresa May, SirAndrew Green said: “Atlast we have a Home Secretary who is honest about the consequences of mass immigration andready to take on the bogus arguments for it”
Today’s Census Results | Migration Watch UK
Following the release of today’s Census results, Sir Andrew Green, Chairman of Migration Watch UK, commented: “This is the clear result of Labour’s mass immigration policy which brought nearly four million immigrants to England and Wales in ten years. Immigration on this scale is completely unacceptable to the vast majority
Comment by Kiran Bali on Changes to Family Migration | Migration Watch UK
Following the release of today’s Census results, Sir Andrew Green, Chairman of Migration Watch UK, commented: “This is the clear result of Labour’s mass immigration policy which brought nearly four million immigrants to England and Wales in ten years. Immigration on this scale is completely unacceptable to the vast majority