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Asylum Seeker Hotel Costs In Context
Over the past few decades, the numbers relating to government spending only seem to rise and rise. This can be quite de-sensitising. Eventually, an exasperated taxpayer might even be forgiven for caring little for ‘just’…
Learn MoreThe Abuse Of Modern Slavery Laws By Asylum Seekers
Key points 1. The Modern Slavery Act 2015 was passed in order to combat modern slavery in the United Kingdom. Since 2018, 15,977 UK nationals (3,195 per year on average) have been referred to the…
Learn MoreIrregular Immigration Behind The Broken Asylum System
The latest irregular migration statistics released on 25th August for the year ending June 2022 revealed the extent to which irregular (what used to be termed illegal) migration, feeds the broken asylum system, since nearly all those entering…
Learn MoreNumber Of People Per Illegal Boat Has Shot Up Five-fold Over Past Five Years
As the government has prevaricated and revealed its impotence on tackling boat arrivals, more than 2,500 boats have breached our borders. And new figures reveal that the average number of people per boat has risen five-fold since…
Learn MoreOverwhelmed, 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 MoreMigrant social housing to cost £1 billion per year | Migration Watch UK
The social housing requirements of new immigrants will cost the tax payer £1 billion a year for the next twenty five years. That is the conclusion of a study published by Migrationwatch today. The study found that 45 additional social homes would have to be built everyday, or nearly 1400 a
Findings Of The Home Affairs Select Committee Into Student Visas
In response to the Committee’s press statement that the “over-hasty student visas policy could cost the economy £3.6 billion”, Sir Andrew Green, Chairman of Migration Watch UK, commented: “This cost of £3.6 billion is deeply unconvincing. It rests on the assumption that none of the work currently being done by foreign students
Forthcoming Speech from Iain Duncan Smith | Migration Watch UK
In response to a speech due to be made by Iain Duncan Smith this afternoon in which he stresses the need for tighter immigration controls as part of his efforts to get people back into work, Sir Andrew Green, Chairman of Migration Watch UK comments: “Iain Duncan Smith is absolutely right.
Latest UK Population Estimates | Migration Watch UK
In response to today’s figuresreleased by the Office for National Statistics which show the highest annual growth rate of the UK population since 1962, Sir Andrew Green, Chairman of Migration Watch UK, comments: “These are astonishing figures. They are further evidence that the government must take urgent steps to get a
A Guide to Recent Research on the Economic Impact of Immigration on the UK | Migration Watch UK
Migration Watch UK today published a summary guide (Briefing Paper No 1.29) to the latest research. It covers: Gross Domestic Product (GDP) per head Employment Wages Budgetary impact And includes useful quotes (and urls) from: House of Lords Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) National Institute of Economic and Social Research (NIESR) Office for National Statistics (ONS) Department for
60th Anniversary of the Refugee Convention | Migration Watch UK
The following comment can be attributed to Sir Andrew Green, Chairman of Migration Watch UK. “The situation has changed beyond recognition since the Refugee Convention was signed 60 years ago. There is now widespread abuse. Over half of all applicants in the UK only claim when detected. Nearly two thirds (60%) of all