Chief Inspector Of Immigration: Report On Juxtaposed Controls
Commenting on the report, Mr Alp Mehmet,Vice Chairman of Migration Watch UK said: “The Chief Inspector is right topoint to inadequate Border Force resources, especially at Calais. It is timethe government accepted that an effective border control can’t be had on thecheap and allocate sufficient resources to address an issue of significantpublic concern. Security concerns […]
The Obr And Immigration
This year’s reportby the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) on the sustainability of thegovernment’s fiscal position included an Annex on immigration. This suggested that the UK’s public debt / GDPratio would be considerably enhanced by a higher level of immigration. The report is remarkably frank about the lack ofevidence for any significant economic benefits as a […]
Public Administration Select Committee Report On Migration Statistics
Commentingon the report, Sir AndrewGreen, Chairman of Migration Watch UK, said: “Better statistics would, of course, be helpful. Butblunt instruments have their uses. The immigration target has been vital inturning around immigration policy which has already resulted in a reduction ofapproximately 100,000 in net migration. The exact figure may not be precise butthere is no doubt […]
Comment On The Office For Budgetary Responsibility Report
Commenting on the report released by the Office for Budgetary Responsibility, Sir Andrew Green, Chairman of Migration Watch UK, said: “Once again the OBR has given only part of the story. It is true that, in the medium term, migration provides a larger pool of working age people which increases tax revenues. But, of course, migrants […]
No Sign Yet Of Any Significant Inflow From Southern Europe
1. To see if there has been a recent increase inimmigration from the EU14 there are three useful sources of data: Long TermInternational Migration Data (LTIM); Annual Population Survey (APS) and;National Insurance Numbers (NINOs). TheAPS data has only been available since 2004 and so this is the start date forthe analysis LTIMdata 2. Since 2004 […]
Home Affairs Committee Report On The Work Of The Uk Border Agency
Commenting on the Home Affairs Committee Report, Sir Andrew Green, Chairman of Migration Watch UK, said: “The government inherited a system in chaos. There have been signs of improvement but this new backlog of half a million cases is surely a wake-up call. The immigration system is struggling again and must be allocated substantially greater resources […]
Immigration Undercounted By ½ Million. Statisticians Refuse To Publish New Figures. Revised Figures Would Show 4 Million Immigrants Under Labour.
A study issued today byMigrationwatch UK has examined how the number of EU immigrants hasbeen undercounted by half a million over a ten year period – a difference thesize of Manchester. The mistake wasdiscovered by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) when they compared theresults of the recent census with the population that they had expected […]
Migration Watch Uk Comment On Prebble Report
Commenting on the BBC Trust’s review “ABBC Trust Review of the Breadth of Opinion Reflected in the BBC’s Output”(Stuart Prebble Report), Sir Andrew Green, Chairman of Migration Watch UK,said: “This report is a lost opportunity. The BBC Trust’s conclusion that there is nopersuasive evidence that significant areas of opinion are not given dueweight today simply skates over […]
Operation Nexus
This is the title of an operationlaunched by the Metropolitan Police in September 2012 which has recently attracteda certain amount of media attention. Theobject of it is to use deportation as a sanction against foreign unconvictedcriminals. Deporting convicted criminalsis not usually a problem, subject to the operation of Article 8 (right tofamily life) of the […]
Marriage Visas And English Language Competence
Paragraph 281 of theImmigration Rules sets out the requirements which have to be met for a foreignspouse or civil partner (other than one from inside the European EconomicArea) of a British citizen or person settled in the United Kingdom to be grantedentry clearance enabling him or her to enter the United Kingdom. In November2010 paragraph […]