Staffing The Health Service Requires Training Not Immigration
The health sector had years to improve training of locals. Now they call for immigration. But that is not a solution. The only long-term answer is more training and better retention of existing staff A failure to train UK workers The British Medical Journal now says hundreds of NHS posts remain unfilled. If so this […]
Nothing Is Less True Than The Claim We Are A Nation Of Migrants
There is a very persistent myth about Britain, that we are ‘a nation of immigrants.’ Ed West in his excellent book The Diversity Illusion, debunks this claim comprehensively. Below is a list of the key points West tackles on this issue and his reasons for saying this claim is untrue.
Immigration And Population Decline
A recent article in the Guardian newspaper claimed that an emerging ‘crisis’ was being seen as ‘ageing populations place shrinking economies under ever greater strain’, adducing as evidence increasing abandonment of villages in places as far apart as Spain and Japan. This prompted responses such as this, perhaps to be expected in the Guardian, that more immigration was the only solution. […]
The Government Has Opened Up The Risk Of Rapid Inflows Of Millions Of People With No Ability To Control The Numbers
The UK pledge to grant 5.4 million people the right to come to the UK and settle permanently in the midst of a global health crisis is the opposite of ‘taking back control’ as Ministers pledged. The government have essentially abandoned control over access to long-term immigration for 5.4 million people currently residing in Hong […]
Why Do We Need So Many More Houses? Immigration
By Alp MehmetChairman of Migration Watch UKConservative Woman, January 2, 2021 The thirty years after the Second World War saw millions of housing units built. Bombed-out, poor and temporary homes (prefabs) were replaced by units more fit for purpose. By the end of the 1950s, around 15 million units were under construction nationwide and 22 […]
Immigration And Demand For Homes In England
Summary 1. After the Covid crisis, net migration levels could well revert to the high levels witnessed over the past five years, or even surpass them, given the range of additional uncapped routes being opened under the new Points Based System. If so, just over half of extra homes needed in England by the early 2040s will […]
What’s The Point Of Taking Back Control Of Immigration If We Don’t Reduce It?
By Lord GreenPresident of Migration Watch UKConservative Home, December 27, 2020 The Trade Agreement announced on Christmas Eve has at last given us the very welcome opportunity to take back control of our laws, our trade, and our future. The government is to be warmly congratulated. Sadly, however, immigration has still not been effectively tackled. What […]
Growing Deficiencies In Immigration Enforcement
Ex-senior government officials say there are likely to be more than a million illegal migrants in the UK and that a government estimate found that between 150,000 and 250,000 people fail to leave the UK when they should each year or illegally enter (pp.27-28 of reportby think tank Civitas). The number of illegal migrants hiding in the back of vehicles […]
How The Open Borders Industry Uses Victimology Dogma To Get Its Own Way
The Windrush scandal has brought into sharp relief the power and reach of Britain’s immigration industry. The government’s mishandling of the rights of those who had been granted settlement was a bureaucratic mistake. However, what is worse is that this scandal has subsequently been weaponised by powerful interests in order to imply that the strategy […]
Independent Watchdog Blasts Government For Failing To Prevent Surge In Illegal Channel Crossings Early On
Discouraging and preventing migrants from making attempts to enter the UK illegally, including via hidden means, has been a key objective for successive UK governments. The public expect the border to be protected. However, a report by the independent Borders Watchdog (otherwise known as the Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration, or ICIBI) suggests […]