The Impact of the Points Based System
Summary 1. This briefing paper looks at the effect of introducing the Points Based System (PBS) on immigration control. It finds that the PBS is an ineffective instrument for the task. The PBS gives primacy to “objective criteria” for the issue of a visa rather than immigration control objectives. Student numbers grew rapidly by 100,000 […]
MW217 : The Impact of the Points Based System | Migration Watch UK
Summary 1. This briefing paper looks at the effect of introducing the Points Based System (PBS) on immigration control. It finds that the PBS is an ineffective instrument for the task. The PBS gives primacy to “objective criteria” for the issue of a visa rather than immigration control objectives. Student numbers grew rapidly by 100,000 […]
The comment that wasn’t free | Migration Watch UK
An article attacking our paper on bogus students appeared in the Guardian on 9/01/11. The response below was offered to the paper but they declined to publish. Bogus foreign students, and indeed bogus colleges in Britain, are a serious problem – not withstanding the IPPR attempts to quibble with our description of some of the costs. Bogus colleges damage […]
MW213 : Homosexuals and Asylum – LGBT Guidance Notes | Migration Watch UK
1 The acronym LGBT stands for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender and the guidance notes to which this paper refers are prepared by the UK Border Agency for the benefit of caseworkers who have to consider and make decisions on asylum applications made by foreign nationals who claim asylum on the ground that they face […]
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 Chamber and by the Upper […]
Mrs Bercow and Migrationwatch | Migration Watch UK
In a discussion programme on Sky News on 18 August, Mrs Bercow associated Migrationwatch with Mosley and Hitler. When we heard about this, we asked for a copy of the programme and obtained a transcript of precisely what she had said. After taking advice from counsel we asked our solicitors to write to her seeking […]
MW198 : Deportation and Administrative Removal | Migration Watch UK
1 The subject of deportation is regulated by certain sections of the Immigration Act 1971 and administrative removal is regulated by section 10 of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999. Detailed provisions on both procedures are set out in paragraphs 362 – 395F of the Immigration Rules. Paragraph 362 states that a deportation order authorises […]
Supreme Court greatly widens the scope of the Refugee Convention | Migration Watch UK
An analysis by our Honorary Legal Adviser, published today, shows how the recent ruling by the Supreme Court has extended the test for asylum claimed by a homosexual from “a well founded fear of persecution” to whether or not he has “a right to live freely and openly as a gay man” in his own country. […]
MW193 : Homosexuals, Asylum and the Supreme Court | Migration Watch UK
On 7 July 2010 the Supreme Court delivered judgments in a case with momentous implications for asylum law. The case reference is HJ (Iran) and HT (Cameroon) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [1] UKSC 31. The importance of the case is reflected by the fact that both the Equality and Human Rights Commission of the United Kingdom […]
Deportation and Human Rights
I have to apologise in advance for the inordinate length of this briefing paper. Its purpose is to draw attention to :- Following to the end of paragraph 7 is the text of our original Legal Paper MW 187, issued in April 2010. 1 The decision handed down by the Court of Appeal on 15 […]