Britain Is Open For Business – October 2013
Summary 1. Despite the government’s substantial range of measures toreduce net migration to the tens of thousands by the end of the Parliament, theUK remains very much open for business. There are numerous categories underwhich people can come to the UK to work, do business and study, allowing peopleto invest in and start up companies […]
Proceeds Of Crime Act Successfully Used Against An Employer Of Illegal Immigrants
Section 15 ofthe Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act 2006 prescribes civil penaltieswhich may be imposed by the Home office on employers found to have been employingillegal immigrants, i.e. people who have no leave to remain in the UK, whoseleave has expired or who have leave but whose leave is subject to a conditionprecluding them from […]
Labour’s Link Between Immigration And Apprenticeships
Summary 1.Labour’s scheme to trade work permitsfor new apprenticeships faces practical difficulties. Work permits are nowadaysissued for higher level positions so apprentices would not be immediatereplacements. There would be no impact on low skilled migration which seems tohave been the context for this announcement. Introduction 2. On the Andrew Marr show on 22September Ed Miliband […]
Press Comment On The End Of The Seasonal Agricultural Workers Scheme
Welcoming the Government’s decisionto bring to an end the Seasonal Agricultural Workers Scheme, Sir Andrew Green,Chairman of Migration Watch UK, said: ‘This decision has to be right. Wenow have a labour market of 500 million in the European Union, it simply makesno sense to bring in unskilled workers from outside. This decision is awelcome indication […]
Response To The Latest Net Migration Figures – Students Are A Key Element In Net Migration
Despite a small increase over thequarter, these latest figures show that government policy is succeeding in reducinginflows from outside the EU – by 50,000 over the year. Future reductionsin net migration will depend on ensuring that people leave when they should. Inthis connection the student figures are striking. Over the past fiveyears the average inflow […]
Foreign Citizens Votes Could Critically Affect Outcome Of 2015 Election And Eu Referendum
A millionforeign citizens can vote in all British elections Commonwealth Citizenswho have not yet qualified for British Citizenship, or have not even applied,should no longer be entitled to vote in British general elections, nor in theforthcoming referendum on UK membership of the EU. That is the conclusion of a report issued today by Migration Watch UK. The […]
The Migration Matters Trust And Their Estimate Of Migration From Bulgaria And Romania
On 8th August the Migration MattersTrust (MMT), chaired by Barbara Roche and co-chaired by Gavin Barwell MPpublished their estimate of immigration from Romania and Bulgaria which theyput at 20,000 for 2014.[1],[2]. On 18 August an article in The Observer quoted AtulHatwal the Director of the MMT as saying that higher claims were “unfounded andinflammatory”.[3] This, of […]
Ons Labour Market Statistics
Commenting on the ONS’s Labour market statistics, Sir AndrewGreen, Chairman of Migration Watch UK said: “This increase of just over a third in Romanian and Bulgarianworkers in the UK over the past year is a sharp increase on the previous trend.It suggests that still larger numbers will arrive next year when our labourmarket is fully […]
The Obr And Immigration (revised)
Summary 1.The recent OBR report was deeply misleading on immigration because it: – chose for the summary an entirelytheoretical scenario. – made no assessment of the government’sactual policy; indeed, the general effect was to misrepresent it. – made no mention of the population impactof its central case which would add 15million to our population in mid-century […]
Chris Bryant’s Speech
Commenting on ChrisBryant’s Immigration speech, Sir Andrew Green, Chairman of Migration Watch UKsaid: “Chris Bryant’s speech ducksthe main issue. It says little about the level of immigration or howLabour intends to bring it down after allowing the total to reach four millionon their watch. We can all agree about young unemployed local workers beinggiven a […]