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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 MoreMigration Watch UK Comment on YouGov Poll | Migration Watch UK
A new YouGov pollout today has found that 79% of adults in England consider England to be crowded; with 37% saying it is ‘very crowded.’ Only 3% believe that it is not crowded, whilst 15% think that England is about right. The figures were higher for London (85%) and the rest
Is Britain Full Up?
BBC TV Sunday Morning Live debate tomorrow ‘Is Britain full up?’ #bbcsml. Migration Watch Vice Chairman, Alp Mehmet, is contributing. At 5.40 pm this evening Migration Watch E-Petition on The No 10 web site had received 86,031 signatures. If you have not yet signed the e-petition it can be found
250,000 More Homes Needed for Immigrants | Migration Watch UK
The higher population projections published by the ONS last week have implications for the number of new homes required to house future immigrants to Britain. The government’s projections of future households are calculated largely on the basis of the population projections. The most recent set were published in November 2010
Petition Demand for Public’s Voice to be Heard on Immigration | Migration Watch UK
Migration Watch UK have today launched an e-petition calling on the government to stabilise the population of the UK and, certainly, to keep it well below 70 million. The new official population projections issued last week show our population hitting 70 million in 16 years. This is on the assumption
Office of National Statistics Population Projections | Migration Watch UK
The ONS this morning released their 2010 based Population projections which show that the UK population is set to hit 70 million in mid 2027. Commenting, Sir Andrew Green, Chairman of Migration Watch UK said: “These figures confirm that the UK’s dramatic rise in population will continue unabated. The population is now
The Prime Minister’s Speech On Immigration
Comment by Alp Mehmet, Vice Chairman, Migration Watch UK 10 October, 2011 This is the Prime Minister’s second speech on immigration in six months showing he clearly means business. We wholeheartedly support this. It is refreshing that he recognises that the Points Based System is a ‘box ticking exercise’.