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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 MoreThe Impact of Immigration on Traffic Growth and Congestion in England | Migration Watch UK
Britain’s transport infrastructure, already one of the most congested in Europe, is set to become even more crowded in the next 25 years as a result of immigration. For the same reason the cost to business and other road users of traffic congestion on England’s roads will be £5 billion
The Public Accounts Committee (pac) Report Into The Points Based System (pbs)
The PAC concludes that the PBS is better than its predecessor. Yet, six of its seven recommendations suggest that, to the contrary,it is lacking in control.The reason Labour’s PBS is so deeply flawed is that the basis of the UK’s immigration control, the face to face interview, no longer plays
Thousands of illegal immigrants are granted settlement every year | Migration Watch UK
Figures just released in a Parliamentary answer[1] show that, under a concession introduced by Labour in 2003, nearly 9,000 illegal immigrants have been granted permanent residence in Britain with full access to the Welfare State. Another 22,600 attained permanent residence after 10 years legal residence in Britain. The figures show
Seven out of Ten Lib Dem Voters Want Net Immigration sharply cut: New poll shows strong support for Cameron’s target | Migration Watch UK
A new YouGov poll has found that 72% of potential Liberal Democrat voters want net immigration of 100,000 or less per year. A majority (55%) of Lib Dem supporters wanted to see a much lower figure of 50,000 or less. Only 8% wanted the present level of 200,000 a year
MW231 : The European Convention on Human Rights | Migration Watch UK
1 A recent report by Civitas, otherwise the Institute for the Study of Civil Society, under the title of “Strasbourg in the Dock: Prisoner voting, human rights and the case for democracy” has trenchantly analysed some of the current problems with the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) and in particular with
Migrationwatch calls for firmer action on sham marriages. | Migration Watch UK
From Monday 9 May, the government is being obliged by the courts to abandon its requirement that a marriage or civil partnership involving a partner subject to immigration control must have the prior permission of the Home Office (a “Certificate of Approval”). Migrationwatch therefore called today for Registrars to be