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Britain “Grinds to a Halt” – The Real Cost of Mass Migration
There was a time when economists and politicians told us “Britain would grind to a halt” without migrant workers. We were told immigrants would pay their own way, earn more than British-born workers, fund our…
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Both Conservatives and Labour; the public on immigration. New research shows neither party will stop UK population hitting 70 million
As the latest immigration Bill comes to the House of Commons on Tuesday for its final approval, new research published today shows that the immigration policies of neither the Conservative Party nor the Labour Party…
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Africa’s Forgotten Crisis Risks New Asylum Wave
In the two or three years prior to the 2015/16 deluge of asylum seekers, the EU, of which Britain was still a part, should have known that a mass movement of people would follow upheaval…
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Migration Watch Responds To The Latest Set Of Ons Migration Figures, September 2025
Migration Watch Chairman, Alp Mehmet, said: “At last we have a political party that acknowledges the gravity of the situation. Immigration is now the sole driver of our massive and rapid population growth. It simply…
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Alp Mehmet, Chairman of Migration Watch, said: For further comments, please contact admin@migrationwatchuk.org. Notes to editor:
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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 MoreMW220 : Removal from the United Kingdom and the Rights of Children | Migration Watch UK
The Supreme Court Pronounces The Supreme Court has recent given judgment in the case of ZH (Tanzania) v. Secretary of State for the Home Department [2011] UKSC 4. The main judgment was delivered by Lady Hale, the only woman member of the Court, with whom Lord Brown and Lord Mance
North African Crisis Could Test the Asylum System to Destruction | Migration Watch UK
The recent instability caused by revolutionary change and military conflict in some Arab countries in North Africa has the potential to generate substantial flows of migrants into the EU. EU Ministers will meet on 11 May to consider what might be done. Some migrants will be genuine refugees but many
Sham Marriages – The Latest
Sham marriages have been for long a scourge and a means by which people traffickers and other criminals earn illicit fortunes for arranging them. Recent changes in the law have made it necessary to issue a new briefing paper on the subject, superseding the three previous papers, 8.13, 8.38 and 8.49. At
MW68 : Immigration and Marriage – an outline of the legal position | Migration Watch UK
Legal Paper MW 68 originally published July 2005Revised April 2011 This paper is not intended as an authoritative statement of the law but rather as a summary of the position. 1 The requirements for entering the United Kingdom as a spouse are currently set out in paragraph 281 of the
Why Is The Bbc Still So Hideously Biased On Immigration?
By Sir Andrew GreenChairman of Migration Watch UKThe Daily Mail, London, 15 April, 2011 David Cameron has just made the most important speech on immigration of any Prime Minister for many years. He tackled the subject in a frank, open, comprehensive and factual manner, while remaining sensitive to the delicacy of the issues.
We Must Control And Limit Immigration
By Matthew PollardExecutive DirectorMigration Watch UKPolitics.co.uk11 April, 2011 In response to Ian Dunt: Mass immigration is not a solution to the needs of our ageing population. “Never be ashamed of immigrant Britain”, comments Ian Dunt. I have no problem with this assertion; it’s what he goes on to say with which I