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Overwhelmed, 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 MoreDeportation Of Murderers Plummets In Midst Of Flurry Of Human Rights Challenges
Collapsing enforcement and the present border chaos threatens the safety of families in the UK. This is because, in the midst of huge abuse of human rights law, removals of high harm individuals have plummeted.…
Learn MoreThis False Claim Drove The Government To Vastly Weaken Study Visa Rules, With Shocking Results
SUMMARY: Basing policy decisions on fake news can have far-reaching and damaging consequences. It has been widely claimed by government and throughout the media that 97% of overseas students depart after graduating. This is completely misleading.…
Learn MoreRwanda Deal Means Refugees Coming To Britain From Africa, Government Admits
The government have said that the asylum deal with Rwanda will lead to a ‘small number of the most vulnerable refugees in Rwanda will be resettled in the UK‘ but have not yet provided any…
Learn MoreQuick Facts On Illegal Boat Crossings
1. The number of boat arrivals since 1 January 2018 has now passed 50,000 and crossings are now double what they were compared with last year (which was an all-time record). Source: See our Boat Tracking Stationwhich…
Learn MoreUniversity Claims of Attracting ‘Brightest and Best’ Students Challenged | Migration Watch UK
Claims by the UK education establishment that UK universities attract ‘the brightest and best’ international students have been shown to be greatly exaggerated by a new study out today which reveals that in fact the vast majority attend institutions that are not considered to be in the top tier of learning
Strong Public Support for a Limit on Foreign Students | Migration Watch UK
70% of the public want a limit on the number of foreign students admitted to Britain – that was the outcome of an opinion poll published by Migrationwatchtoday. The question explained that about 250,000 foreign students from outside the EU arrive every year to study in Britain. They pay the full
Sir Andrew Green: Immigration Control Should Not Impede Economic Growth
Sir Andrew Green is Chairman of Migrationwatch UK. Does the government’s political imperative to get immigration down toacceptable levels conflict with their economic imperative to stimulate economicgrowth? For business generally, theanswer is a resounding “no”. There are no limits on the transfer ofinternational staff, vital to so many companies based here.
Government To Report International Students Separately Within Net Migration Figures
Commenting on the announcement by the Rt Hon David Willetts MP,Sir Andrew Green said: “Wewelcome improvements to the migration statistics that will provide an estimateof students’ contribution to overall net migration. Better information isvital for a more informed debate. It is important, however, that studentsremain in the government’s net migration
MW277 : Response to NUS briefing on international students | Migration Watch UK
There is no evidence to support this claim. The IPS still cannot distinguish departing workers from departing students. A recent Home Office study of a sample of cases, ‘The Migrant Journey’, found that after five years, 20% of students remained in the UK legally. The other 80% were described as
70 Million a Vital Aiming Mark | Migration Watch UK
The Migration Observatory has today published a report attacking the concept of a population target of 70 million and questioning whether it can be achieved. They accept that immigration accounts for 68% of our population growth and that the latest official projection will take the UK’s population to 70 million