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Response 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 MoreThe Key: Ethnic Communities Vote Heavily For Labour
By Sir Andrew Green,Chairman, Migration Watch UKThe Daily Telegraph, 10 February, 2010 I rubbed my eyes with disbelief when I saw an article by Andrew Neather, a former speech writer for Blair, Blunkett and Straw, saying that mass immigration “didn’t just happen: the deliberate policy of Ministers from late 2000 … was
Immigration ‘No answer’ to Pension Time Bomb | Migration Watch UK
The ‘myth’ that continued mass immigration is the answer to Britain’s pensions time bomb has been described as ‘totally dishonest’ by a new report out today. The report from think tank Migrationwatch, finds that the present ratio of workers to pensioners could only be sustained by immigration at a level that
Immigration curbs could have a decisive impact on the election result. Second only to the economy in key marginals. | Migration Watch UK
The extent to which immigration is likely to play a decisive role in the forthcoming election is spelled out in a new poll published today. The poll, conducted by YouGovfor Migrationwatch, was held in the vital 57 “marginal” seats which the Conservatives must win to gain a reasonable working majority; 43
‘if The Tories Are Serious About Immigration It Will Be In The Manifesto’
Commentary By Sir Andrew GreenChairman of Migration Watch UK The Times, London, 11 January, 2010 It was good to see an Archbishop give the political system a hefty kick last week. Lord Carey’s courageous intervention in support of the cross-party group called Balanced Migration certainly caught the attention of the public and
Massive Increase in Family Visitors. Appeals Now Cost Tax Payers 1 Million a Week | Migration Watch UK
Appeals against the decision of immigration officials to refuse family visas to enter the UK have increased eight fold since charges were abolished by the government in 2002 and are now running at over a thousand a week. They cost the taxpayer £1m a week, says a report from think-tank Migrationwatch. Unlike
Sir Andrew Green: 10 Reasons Our Visa System Is Rotten To The Core
Commentary in The Daily Mail 30 December, 2009 We got lucky – this time. Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, the Nigerian graduate of University College London who tried to blow up a passenger aircraft over Detroit was turned down for a student visa when he applied for one in May. He had