Changing Minds – The Financing Of The Pro-mass Immigration Lobby
The Daily Mail recently reported on the Diana MemorialFund’s financing of a pro mass immigration campaign. The article highlighted the role of theMigration Observatory in this campaign, called “Changing Minds”. The MigrationObservatory has not responded to our questions seeking clarification of theirposition. However, we have now looked furtherinto this issue ourselves and have found a […]
The British In Europe
There are 407,000 British workers in other countries of the European Union, compared to over 1.4 million workers from another EU country in the UK. To see the full Briefing Paper No 4.21 click here.
Bbc Newsnight Poll – Romanian And Bulgarian Migration
This is a stunningsurvey, which the BBC has rather desperately tried to play down. Thepercentages look small but when multiplied by the size of the work force theyproduce large numbers. One percent of Romanians of working age (total 15.4million) actively considering work in the UK amounts to 150,000 and fourpercent of working age Bulgarians (total 4.9 […]
Legal Aid In Immigration And Asylum Cases
As always with these legal briefing papers it is stressed that they are not published as authoritative legal advice but for general guidance and information for users of the Migration Watch website. Restrictions on the availability of legal aid are imposed by the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012. the provisions of […]
Revelations About Migration Observatory
Commenting on thisweekend’s revelations about the Migration Observatory, Sir Andrew Green, Chairman of Migration Watch UK, said: “The Migration Observatory press release avoided the central point, namely theirinvolvement in a programme called ‘Changing Minds’ together with a number ofother pro-immigration organisations. “I was astonished todiscover that they are part of a coordinated effort by a group ofpro-immigration charities […]
18 Bogus Arguments For Mass Immigration
11April, 2013 Immigration Mythology Briefing Paper 12.4 has been updated. The updated paper outlinesthe many myths that are put forward by the mass immigration lobby in support ofthe current levels of immigration and dispels each myth in turn.
What They Say: Extracts From The Media And Internet
The London Evening Standard – 28 March, 2013: Immigration: why the public is right by David Goodhart “I had not given immigration much thought.…….though as a journalist of Leftish sympathies I was reflexively in favour of it…” “What changed that was hearing Tory intellectual David Willetts speak about the risk of too much diversity undermining […]
Sir Andrew Green Comments On Niesr Report On Romanian And Bulgarian Migration
This morning the National Institute of Economic and Social Research published a paper which failed to estimate the number of Romanian and Bulgarian migrants who will come to the UK when transitional controls end on 1 January 2014. Commenting on the report Sir Andrew Green, Chairman of Migration Watch UK, said: “This report is a bucket of […]
The Contribution Of A8 Migrants To The Uk Public Finances – Some Further Comment
In an article for the Guardian Online on 6 March,Jonathan Portes made three claims which we believe are open to question [1]: 1. A8 migrants are “far less likely to live in social housing” The study [2] upon which this claim is based only coveredthe first four years of A8 migration to the UK and compared […]
The Prime Minister’s Speech – The Public’s View
A recent YouGov survey which received remarkably little mediaattention has shown striking public support for the Prime Minister’s proposalsoutlined in his speech last week. (See here for the PM’s speech) The key findings in a survey conducted on 25-26March 2013 were: 70% of respondents supported the policy of only allowingEuropean migrants to claim jobseekers allowance for more than six […]