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Comment On Home Office Proposals On Settlement
In response to the proposals published by the Home Office in their consultation on Employment-Related Settlement, Tier 5 and Overseas Domestic Workers, Sir Andrew Green, Chairman of Migration Watch UK commented: “This is excellent news. There will now be a real incentive for employers to train British workers rather than
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Tighten Rules on Foreign Marriage Partners Says Think Tank | Migration Watch UK
A call for tightening the rules on marriages to foreign partners has come from think-tank Migrationwatch (See Briefing Paper No. 10.25). It comes in the wake of a Home Affairs Committee report which reported on forced marriages among some sections of the ethnic communities; the changes are needed to ensure that
MW233 : A Quarter of a Million Failed Asylum Seekers Granted Amnesty Since the Early 1990s | Migration Watch UK
Summary 1 The latest (and largest) exercise in granting settlement to failed asylum seekers is the continuation of a sorry tradition of amnesties that has resulted in over 250,000 failed asylum seekers being granted settlement since the early 1990s. Once settlement is achieved additional dependants can then join the person
Immigration Close To Record Levels: Non Uk Born Workers Increase By 1.7 Million In Ten Years
Today’s new figures Net migration in the year to last September was the highest for 5 years at 242,000, up 96,000 on the previous year. This is close to the record level of 260,000 set in the year to June 2005. British emigration was unchanged from last year at 43,000
MW227 : The cap on economic migration – will it have much effect? | Migration Watch UK
Summary 1. Generous transition arrangements and effectively unlimited Intra Company Transfers (ICTs) should meet most employer needs and are certainly not onerous. Future numbers will depend on the extent to which employers use the ICT route. The present tax advantages of doing so must be removed so as to level