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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 MorePopular Plan To Send Illegal Arrivals To Rwanda Would Stop Profits Going To Criminal Smugglers
Voters back the government’s plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda by two to one, a poll reveals. And even Labour voters are more likely to support the idea than oppose it. Some 47 per cent of all voters say they support the scheme, while just 26 per cent are
Children Threatened With Drowning: Lawless Reality Challenges Woke Narrative On Boats
The Government has pledged action after finally confirming alarming incidents in which babies and children are threatened with drowning in the English Channel. A minister in the House of Lords told fellow peers who migrants were seen ‘dangling children over the side of a boat and threatening to drop them into
How Mass, Uncontrolled Immigration Threatens Your Quality Of Life
The government clearly pledged to get control of immigration and reduce levels. But the opposite is happening. Uncapped and unmanageable routes into the UK are opened regularly, and the chaos in the English Channel means boats with thousands of uninvited guests arriving more and more frequently (See Tracking Station). Ongoing mass
Permanent Settlement: By Which Routes Did Those From Outside The European Union Come Here?
Summary Our analysis below looks at the original pathways into the UK for the 1.5 million non-EU migrants who have permanently settled in the UK since 2009. It finds, in parallel with the Migration Advisory Committee, that the route allowing the immigration of the relatives of people who are already
What Happened To Immigration During The Pandemic?
Summary: Immigration reached a near-record level of 313,000 in early 2020 but then fell in the midst of travel restrictions occasioned by the Covid pandemic in late 2020 and early 2021. However, visa and National Insurance Number data suggest that immigration, especially from outside the EU, fell by less than
Helping Ukrainians Fleeing The Russian Invasion
1. The Russian invasion of Ukraine, on 24 February 2022 has led to Europe’s fastest growing refugee crisis since the Second World War – with 2.5 million people now having fled the country. Poland has taken in more than 1.2 million refugees, Hungary over 190,000 refugees, Germany over 50,000 refugees,