Response to the Home Affairs Committee Inquiry Into Asylum Applications
Summary1. Contrary to popular belief, there has been no major increase in the worldwide total of asylum seekers nor in the number coming to Europe over the last ten years. However, the proportion of applicants to Europe who come to Britain has increased enormously from 5% in 1992 to 27% in 2002.2. Clearly, Britain is […]
MW108 : The number of failed asylum seekers remaining in the UK | Migration Watch UK
1. The government have avoided putting a figure on exactly how many asylum seekers whose claims have failed remain in the UK. They say that, as they cannot provide a precise figure, they will not provide one at all. 2. However, it is possible to make an independent estimate based entirely on Home Office data […]
MigrationWatch comment on publication of asylum statistics. February 24… | Migration Watch UK
The reduction in claims is welcome but the UK was the largest recipient of asylum seekers in the Western world in 2003. [1] This will continue for as long as we fail to remove those whose claims are rejected. A recent House of Commons report confirmed that only one in five failed asylum seekers was removed in […]
Balkan Asylum Seekers – Time for a new approach? by Professor James Pettifer
Introduction‘The Mountains always lose their Men’ – traditional Greek saying SUMMARY1. The Balkan region has suffered population movements throughout history. The sudden end of communism and the collapse of state industries has led to unemployment of 15-20% and to a severe weakening of central government. Meanwhile, the traditional Balkan extended family, the central unit of social […]
Asylum Bill measures ‘long overdue’ | Migration Watch UK
In its comments on the Asylum and Immigration Bill think-tank Migrationwatch said the measures were ‘long overdue.’ ‘For too long asylum seekers have been able to exploit every opportunity for delay,’ said Chairman, Sir Andrew Green ‘The abolition of the Appeals Tribunal could be a major improvement. And it is high time that measures were […]
Government signing ‘blank cheque’ over euro immigration and asylum policy… | Migration Watch UK
Britain is in grave danger of signing a ‘blank cheque’ on immigration and asylum and handing control of this sensitive issue to Europe if current proposals contained in the draft EU Constitution are accepted. This would be a fundamental surrender of national sovereignty on a scale completely unknown in our history. That is the view […]
Migrationwatch Analysis of Asylum Figures | Migration Watch UK
1. Asylum claims in 2003 are up 18% Q3 in comparison with Q2 at 14,765 compared with 12,510. 2. The percentage applying at port is down to 28% compared with 32% in Q2 and 32% in 2002 and 35% in 2001 as a whole. It appears therefore that withdrawal of benefits has not been an […]
Fundamental change ‘only answer’ to asylum and immigration crisis… | Migration Watch UK
Public confidence has been damaged by the Home Secretary’s recent statement that he sees ‘no obvious upper limit to the number of legal immigrants allowed to enter Britain’. Until now it has been the consensus that a firm and fair immigration policy is a fundamental requirement of good community relations. If we are ever to […]
Responses to comments from the Independent and the Home Office
Following comments (1) in the Independent newspaper and (2) from the Home Office regarding the accuracy of statistics published by Migrationwatch the organisation has responded as follows. 1. Response to the Independent: November 17, 2003 The Independent sought to contrast three statements by Migrationwatch and the Home Office. The following is an analysis: 1. The MW […]
Asylum and Immigration: A programme of action
Summary1. This paper sets out a series of measures, to be implemented over a period of years, in order to restore control of our borders and bring asylum and immigration under control. Introduction2. Immigration has now reached a scale that will significantly affect our society, and especially our cities. The order of magnitude is at […]