Written Evidence Submitted By Migration Watch To House Of Commons Public Bill Committee On The Immigration And Social Security Co-ordination Bill
Spring 2019 Summary: 1. We are a migration think tank. We monitor developments in the field, conduct research and make policy suggestions. We believe that immigration policy should be formulated so that it benefits the people of the UK and accords with the national interest. While immigration can have a beneficial impact on the UK […]
Why Should We Allow International Graduates To Stay On And Stack Shelves?
The government has announced the introduction of a two-year post-study work route for foreign graduates of UK universities. It is already the case that are no limits on the number of international students who can remain in the UK if they move into skilled roles. However, the fact that only 5,100 took advantage of this […]
Immigration Implications Of Indicative Votes
Summary Parliament are conducting further indicative votes today. The immigration implications of the four options are outlined below. As long as the UK leaves the EU and EEA it should be able to assert sovereign control over immigration although pressure for concessions might arise in future trade negotiations. (see our paper). Customs union Enshrines in primary […]
How Much Control Do Member States Have Over Free Movement?
Summary The suggestion that Belgium has shown that inflows of EU citizens can be controlled despite free movement is simply wrong. While EU law makes provision for certain restrictions on entry and stay, the scope is limited and both technical and practical issues severely restrict its application in practice. Context EU Directive 2004/38/EC stipulates that […]
Immigration And The Irish Border In The Event Of A No Deal Brexit
The government has consistently said that it will do everything in its power to avoid a hardening of the Irish border whatever the circumstances (although it has also been argued that, in the event of a no deal Brexit, a ‘hard border would be inevitable’). The government said in December 2018 that British / Irish citizens will […]
What Would An Extension Of Article 50 Mean For Immigration?
Summary: On 21 March, the EU agreed to give the Prime Minister an unconditional extension of Article 50 until 12 April. In the event that her deal is approved by MPs, Brussels will give the UK until May 22 to pass the legislation that would implement Brexit. However, if the deal is not agreed by the April […]
Potential Impact Of White Paper – Exposure Of Full-time Jobs To New / Increased Global Recruitment
Summary:Depending on the primary salary threshold for skilled workers that is finally implemented as part of the post-Brexit immigration system, between 6.2 million and up to 8.8 million full-time jobs held by UK-born employees would be exposed to the potential for new or much increased global recruitment. This is based on analysis of the number of full-time jobs held by UK-born employees (in each salary […]
Immigration Implications Of Brexit Trade Models
The Prime Minister’s Withdrawal Deal If the UK leaves the European Union with the Prime Minister’s withdrawal deal, free movement for EU workers will come to an end after a transition period. Nearly four million EU citizens who are already here, as well as those who arrive in the UK prior to the end of […]
France Rejects Over 60% Of Asylum Applications By Iranians At First Instance; The Uk Rejects Only 42%
Home Office asylum statistics show that there were, on average, 2,530 asylum applications by Iranian nationals each year in the period 2008-2017. Of these, an average of 925 – or 37 per cent – were rejected, including after appeal, each year During that period, there were, on average, only 81 enforced removals of Iranian nationals with no right […]
Our Response To The Government’s Immigration White Paper
The proposal to admit an unlimited number of low-skilled workers from a range of countries is astonishing. A validity ‘limited to twelve months’ could well become a means of fiddling the immigration figures since they do not count as migrants unless they intend to be here for more than a year. Furthermore, there is no way in which their […]