The Roma Case in the House of Lords
1. In certain countries of Eastern Europe, notably the Czech Republic and Romania, there are large communities of Roma (gypsies) who have for long been the subject of discrimination by the majority communities in those countries in education, housing, employment and other areas. As a consequence many Roma have left their own countries and sought […]
Asylum Law Reform
The “Telegraph’s” website recently carried an article about various provisions of the Asylum and Immigration (Treatment of Claimants etc.) Act 2004, in particular the changes in the appeals system which are being brought into force as from 4 April 2005. The article quotes at considerable length the criticisms of the Act and of associated proposals […]
Q3 Asylum Figures. MigrationWatch press statement | Migration Watch UK
Commenting on the asylum statistics released today, Sir Andrew Green, Chairman Migrationwatch UK, said “This is bad news for the government. Asylum seekers are up by 13% and removals are down for the fourth successive quarter. It is increasingly clear that the governments present policies cannot reduce asylum claims to acceptable levels, especially as 70% […]
INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION Nearly one million immigrants since 1997 Massive levels continue, despite fall in asylum | Migration Watch UK
Figures released by the ONS today show that immigration remains at a very high level, despite the fall in asylum seekers that the government has been stressing. Net international migration to the UK in 2003 at 151,000 was almost the same as the 153,000 in 2002. This was the fifth consecutive year that the level […]
The treaty establishing a constitution for Europe: Implications for asylum and immigration in the UK
Summary1. The UKs circumstances are very different from those of our EU partners. We do not fit the continental model. 2. The British Governments attempts to influence EU policies on asylum and immigration have met with little success. Our European partners have declined to endorse British ideas for exerting EU economic pressure to achieve repatriation […]
MigrationWatch comment on the Prime Minister’s article: Asylum Removals… | Migration Watch UK
The Prime Ministers article for The Times on 16 September gives an incomplete picture of the position. The article acknowledges the continued widespread abuse of the system admitting, for example, that 70% of those applying to our ports have destroyed their documents to make their removal more difficult. But the spin-doctors have played with the […]
Immigration and Marriage:The Problem of Continuous Migration
Summary 1. When primary immigration from the Indian sub continent came to an end in the early 1970s it was assumed that family re-union would tail off as the communities integrated. 2. That has not happened. In practice, the custom of arranged marriage had led to a continuous flow of spouses andfiance(e)s from the Indian […]
The following has been issued today by Migrationwatch in response to a report by the National Audit Office and the latest asylum statistics. NAO Report produces unexpected bombshell… | Migration Watch UK
For several years the Government has claimed that, by increasing legal means of immigration, they will reduce asylum claims. Today’s NAO report has studied the major source countries of asylum and has come to the conclusion that there is no statistical evidenceof this. Commenting Sir Andrew Green, chairman of Migrationwatch said:‘This blows out of the […]
Migrationwatch comment on Sunday Times report of Government marketing document on asylum and immigration… | Migration Watch UK
see www.sunday-times.co.uk) ‘Spinners plan a makeover for migrants’ This is a depressing and cynical document. It illustrates once again the Government’s obsession with spin. They clearly recognise they have lost the trust of the vast majority of the public – this is not surprising because they have completely failed to explain why current levels of immigration […]
MW101 : International migration in 2002 | Migration Watch UK
Summary1. On 29 April, 2004 the Office for National Statistics published its detailed estimates of international migration for 2002 [i].2. The overall net immigration total was confirmed as 153,400 people – continuing the pattern of high net immigration we have seen since 1998. In total there has been net immigration of 790,000 people in the 5 […]