Letter by Sir Andrew Green
Letter by Sir Andrew Green ,Chairman, Migration Watch UKThe Economist, 3 November, 2012 It is surely impossible toargue that Britain’s immigration policy is “crippling” business and the economy(“The Tories’ barmiest policy”, October 20th)when there is no limit to staff transfers between international companies andonly half the available work permits have been taken up. As for the reductionin student […]
Immigration Control Is No Barrier To Economic Recovery
Introduction: The Economist andothers, such as Jonathan Portes (Director of the NIESR) are wrong to claim thatimmigration control is acting as a barrier to economic recovery. A carefulexamination of the immigration statistics does not support their exaggeratedclaims. That is not to say that the bureaucracy cannot be improved andMigrationwatch will be making some suggestions in this […]
Immigration Caps Don’t Hamper The Economic Recovery. Why Pretend Otherwise?
By Sir Andrew Green, Chairman, Migration Watch UK The immigration lobby are gettingdesperately short of arguments to set against the huge costs of massimmigration. The first body blow was aHouse of Lords report which “found no evidence…… that net migration generatessignificant economic benefits for the existing UK population.” (Seeabstract here). This was followed bya report from […]
A “barmy” Article In “the Economist”
The cover story of this week’s Economist claimedthat immigration was the governments “barmiest” policy which was “cripplingbusiness and the economy”. Analysis: These claims are wildlyexaggerated. In the last available year(to Q2 2012) the facts are that[1]: Intra-companytransfers were slightly up to nearly 30,000. The article makes the familiar claim that 80% ofstudents return home at the […]
An African War Criminal
An appalling case is reported today, 8 October 2012,in the Daily Mail Online. It is the story of a SudaneseAfrican whose identity is not disclosed, who in the course of a number of BBCinterviews said that he was between 2003 and 2006 a fighter in the Janjaweedmilitia which was responsible for the slaughter of an estimated […]
University Claims of Attracting ‘Brightest and Best’ Students Challenged | Migration Watch UK
Claims by the UK education establishment that UK universities attract ‘the brightest and best’ international students have been shown to be greatly exaggerated by a new study out today which reveals that in fact the vast majority attend institutions that are not considered to be in the top tier of learning in Britain. The study, from […]
Strong Public Support for a Limit on Foreign Students | Migration Watch UK
70% of the public want a limit on the number of foreign students admitted to Britain – that was the outcome of an opinion poll published by Migrationwatchtoday. The question explained that about 250,000 foreign students from outside the EU arrive every year to study in Britain. They pay the full cost of studying and provide […]
Sir Andrew Green: Immigration Control Should Not Impede Economic Growth
Sir Andrew Green is Chairman of Migrationwatch UK. Does the government’s political imperative to get immigration down toacceptable levels conflict with their economic imperative to stimulate economicgrowth? For business generally, theanswer is a resounding “no”. There are no limits on the transfer ofinternational staff, vital to so many companies based here. Only half ofthe available work […]
Government To Report International Students Separately Within Net Migration Figures
Commenting on the announcement by the Rt Hon David Willetts MP,Sir Andrew Green said: “Wewelcome improvements to the migration statistics that will provide an estimateof students’ contribution to overall net migration. Better information isvital for a more informed debate. It is important, however, that studentsremain in the government’s net migration target. If they stay on […]
MW277 : Response to NUS briefing on international students | Migration Watch UK
There is no evidence to support this claim. The IPS still cannot distinguish departing workers from departing students. A recent Home Office study of a sample of cases, ‘The Migrant Journey’, found that after five years, 20% of students remained in the UK legally. The other 80% were described as “no longer in the immigration […]