Family Migration To The Uk
Summary The vast majority of familyvisas – 77% – were granted to the partners/spouses of British citizens orsettled migrants. The largest number of grants is to Pakistani and Indianapplicants. Some family migrants are more permanent than others – data suggeststhat the majority of people who enter on partner visas from the IndianSubcontinent have gained settlement […]
A Lesson In Spin From The Migration Matters Trust
This week we were treated tothe news that ‘opposition to immigration drops when people are told about theeconomic benefits of net migration’. Former Labour ImmigrationMinister Barbara Roche – who presided over much of Labour’s immigrationshambles – claimed that ‘when the full facts of migration are presented to theBritish people, they begin to recognise that simple […]
London’s ‘demographic Explosion’
Today, the Mayor of London Boris Johnson made a speech about investment in the future of London. He pointed to the ‘demographic explosion’ now occurring and the resulting huge shortage of both homes and school places but he made no reference to the impact of immigration. He seemed to regard the population increase as entirely […]
Students And Net Migration
On Thursday 6 June both Housesof Parliament debated the demand by five chairmen of Parliamentary Committeesthat the government remove students from their net migration target. Thegovernment have flatly refused to the fury of these eminent Parliamentarians. Theypoint out that the Universities Lobby have got their facts completely wrong.Contrary to their claims, our main competitor countries […]
Students And The Net Migration Target
Onthe eve of debates in both Houses of Parliament, Migration Watch UK has issued BriefingPaper No 2.24 underlining the need to continue including students in thecalculation of net migration. Keypoints as follows: Our major competitors do include them (as Universities UK now apparentlyaccept). To remove them would destroy the credibility of the government’simmigration […]
Eu Migrant Access To The British Welfare State
1. The government should strongly resist efforts by the EU to further weaken British control over access tour welfare system. The Habitual Residence Test 2. It was announced today that the UK is to be taken to the European Court of Justice over its rules regarding access to welfare for EU immigrants (See here). 3. The […]
Migration Watch Uk Media Comment On Vince Cable’s Remarks
Commenting on Vince Cable’s remarks, Sir Andrew Green, Chairman of Migration Watch UK, said:“Vince Cable is not only completely out of touch with public opinion but also completely wrong on his facts. University applications went up by 5% last year. The fall in students was almost entirely amongst college applicants from the Indian Subcontinent where […]
Immigration And Visa Statistics
Commenting on the latest immigration and visa statisticsreleased this morning, Sir Andrew Green, Chairman of Migration Watch UK, said: “The latest immigration figures are very good news. Netmigration is down by 89,000 on the previous year and the government haveachieved this without harming the business or university sectors. University applicants are up by 5% on […]
New Report Shows Britain Is ‘open For Business’
Britain’simmigration system is remarkably business friendly, contrary to the stories putout by some of the financial press, says a new report by Migration Watch UKpublished today. Infact thousands of skilled worker (Tier 2), Exceptional Talent, and GraduateEntrepreneurs visas remained unfilled, despite cries that talented people arebeing denied access to the UK to work. ‘Insteadof thousands of bogus […]
Family Permits For Eu Citizens In Britain
A paperissued today by Migration Watch UK reveals that 100,000 dependantsof EU nationals resident in Britain entered the UK in the last five years withno conditions attached but with full and immediate access to benefits. Thegovernment’s reform of the Immigration Rules require British citizens to beearning £18,600 before they can bring in a spouse from outside […]