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Economics Of Migration
A letter from Sir Andrew GreenThe Tablet, London Your leader article (“What migrants do for us”, 6 January) described as “tendentious” Migrationwatch analysis which suggested that the economic benefit of migration is marginal. Some government ministers still…
Learn More“strangers Into Citizens”?
IntroductionThe Roman Catholic Church and others are supporting a “strangers into citizens”campaign. This note summarises the case against it. The ProposalThe proposal is that “undocumentedmigrants” who have been living (illegally) in Britain for four yearsshould be…
Learn More“Strangers into citizens”? | Migration Watch UK
IntroductionThe Roman Catholic Church and others are supporting a “strangers into citizens” campaign. This note summaries the case against it. The ProposalThe proposal is that “undocumented migrants” who have been living (illegally) in Britain for…
Learn MoreStudent ‘Scams’ provide yet another back door into Britain | Migration Watch UK
Further evidence that current procedures are failing to prevent major scams within the immigration system is revealed in a new report out today from think-tank Migrationwatch. Research by the group into Home Office statistics reveals…
Learn MoreResponse to 2001 Census figures… | Migration Watch UK
The following comment was issued to the media on February 13, 2003 in respect of the results of the 2001 Census. ‘These figures illustrate just how quickly and profoundly the character of some parts of…
Learn MoreRestore The First Chance Rule
The ‘First Chance’ rule – also known as the ‘Resident Labour Market Test’ – is an immigration safeguard that means UK workers have the first opportunity to apply for job openings before such vacancies are…
Learn MoreMW224 : Intra Company Transfers | Migration Watch UK
Good for the employer, bad for the Treasury Summary 1 Tax and National Insurance rules are heavily biased towards ICTs to the dis-advantage of UK workers. Numbers 2 Intra Company Transfers (ICTs) have been excluded from the government’s cap on economic migration. Their numbers have been significant in the recent
Illegal Worker Fine Scheme ‘ Lamentable’ | Migration Watch UK
New figures reveal that the UKBA has only collected 20% of the fines issued to those who employ illegal workers. An employer caught employing illegal workers can be fined up to £10,000 per worker under the UK Border Agency’s Civil Penalty Scheme but in the past three years only an
Tightening Immigration Benefits All Legitimate Students
By Matthew PollardExecutive Director, Migration Watch UKPolitics, London, 25 February, 2011 Universities should show more interest in the UK graduates they’re sending to the dole queue, rather than foreign applicants. The government will soon announce measures to reform the student immigration system. Meanwhile, their consultation exercise has been greeted with
House Of Commons Home Affairs Select Committee
Oral Evidence from Migration Watch UK : Students See Briefing Paper No 2.11 for the full text.
Migration Watch UK Comment on Today’s Immigration Statistics | Migration Watch UK
Sir Andrew Green said “These figures are Labour’s legacy to Britain – 3.2 million immigrants, including a quarter of a million in their last year alone. Over half a million students in one year with no interviews before arrival and no checks on departure and a Points Based System that has
Secret Cable plan could double flow of economic migrants | Migration Watch UK
Just as the Prime Minister is promising that “this year the government is determined to help deliver many thousands of new jobs”, Vince Cable is secretly negotiating a deal that will admit tens of thousands of Indian workers to Britain. The deal is part of a Free Trade Agreement being