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War In Iran Will Only Make Britain’s Migration Crisis Worse
The regional fallouts of the conflict engulfing Iran are yet to reveal themselves, but one catastrophic consequence is definitely not in doubt: Britain’s migration crisis will further deepen. Iran is already the nation from which…
Learn MoreIs The Prime Minister’s Plan Working?
Can the government stop the boats? Speaking in Dover today, the Prime Minister gave an update on his pledge to stop small boats crossing the English Channel. Illegal crossings, he said, are down 20 per…
Learn MoreA Passage From India – Explaining The Unexpected Rise Of Indians Crossing The Channel
This week the government disclosed that in 2023 Indians have been the second largest group of people illegally crossing the English Channel in small boats, making up 18 per cent of all crossings. Although the increase…
Learn MoreFrom Baghdad To Bournemouth – Granting Refuge To Terrorists
It emerged in the Daily Mail recently that among those who illegally entered the UK in a dinghy last year were 19 suspected terrorists, several of whom are thought to have been members of the…
Learn MoreDoes Britain Think Immigration Is Too High?
Polling is central to modern politics. For governments, it is a means of testing public reaction to policies. More and more nowadays it is done with focus groups to test the popularity or otherwise of…
Learn MoreResponding To Labour Shortages – Is More Immigration The Answer?
Since leaving the European Union and emerging from the Covid-19 Pandemic, the topic of workforce immigration has rarely been far from the headlines. Whether it is increasing the number of agricultural workers, nurses or hospitality staff…
Learn MoreWhat’s The News On Modern Slavery Abuse Among Asylum Seekers?
In recent years, the amount of modern slavery claims being made by asylum seekers has risen substantially. In 2022, claims reached a high of 17,000 of which just a quarter were for sole UK nationals. Earlier this…
Learn MoreImmigration Rises To 1.3 Million: Visa Grants For Foreigners To Live Here Double In 3 Years
The number of visa grants for people to come and live in the UK has more than doubled from over half a million in 2019 to 1.3 million in 2022 (see the full Home Office bulletinand our press…
Learn MoreNearly 7 In 10 Of Those Coming In Boats Are Young Men As 500% Increase In Afghan Dinghy Arrivals Helps Drive Surging Illegal Immigration
The figures show that 54,090 people attempted to enter illegally in 2022, and 45,755 of these by small boat. The boat figures are an increase of 1.6 times on the number of people that arrived…
Learn MoreBriefing By The Mayor Of London: Rebuttal
Back Bench Debate on Immigration: The Scale of immigration The GLA Briefing claims (paragraph 4) that “net international migration in 2009 was at its lowest level since mid 1995 which is comparable to the government’s target”. This is quite wrong. As the paper recognises elsewhere, net international migration in 2009
Brussels Leak Reveals Britain to Take Major Share of Indian IT Workers | Migration Watch UK
Documents leaked from the European Commission reveal the true state of negotiations with India for the preferential admission of IT workers to the EU. The UK’s quota for some worker categories is 40% of the entire EU commitment – almost three times that of Germany and almost seven times that of France.
MW208 : Proposals to Charge Fees for Immigration and Asylum Appeals | Migration Watch UK
The Ministry of Justice has recently published a consultation paper on proposals to start charging fees for certain categories of appeals against adverse decisions by the UK Border Agency on asylum and immigration applications. Such appeals are heard in the first instance by the First Tier Tribunal, Immigration and Asylum
Response to the Home Affairs Committee Report on an immigration cap | Migration Watch UK
Sir Andrew said that “Nearly 100,000 work related visas were issued last year, a significant number compared to net immigration of about 200,000.” “We must, of course, continue to admit key people but economic migration must take a share of the necessary reduction in immigration if our population growth is to
One in Twelve Social Houses Occupied by Foreign Nationals | Migration Watch UK
Today’s English Housing Survey provides further evidence of the pressure placed by immigration on the housing sector. Foreign nationals now occupy 8.4% of the social housing stock. Among occupants aged 16-40 that figure rises to 12.6%. Commenting, Sir Andrew Green, Chairman of Migrationwatch UK said “This finally destroys the myth
The Solar Lamp Lights The Way Britain Must Go
Letter sent to The Timesby Sir Andrew GreenChairman, Migration Watch UK21 October, 2010 An edited version was published 25 October, 2010 under the heading ‘Zero Migration?’ Sir, David Aaronovitch’s article “The solar lamp lights the way Britain must go” (21 October) was simply bizarre. He completely, and perhaps even deliberately, misrepresents