MW261 : Response to the National Union of Students International Students’ Committee | Migration Watch UK
Thank you for your e-mail of 23 April. Migration Watch UK is an independent think-tank which focuses on the public policy issues involved in migration. As we are not part of the government we have no role in individual cases of the kind you highlight. These are part of the operational work of the UK […]
Frank Field Challenges Minister On Social Housing Allocation
Frank Field MP has challenged the Housing Minister, Grant Shapps MP, on new figures showing that 20 per cent of social housing in London has been allocated to non-British nationals. Frank Field has written to Mr Shapps following a meeting in the House of Commons to discuss access rights to social housing in England. Mr […]
Foreign Nationals Occupy 1 In 5 Of London’s Social Housing
Figures just obtained from the Office of National Statistics show that foreign national families live in over 350,000 council and housing association properties in the capital while British nationals occupy 1.5 million. That is just under 20% of the entire stock of social homes which are occupied by those who have not been here long […]
NHS Risks Becoming ‘World Health Service’ as Lax Controls are Admitted | Migration Watch UK
The Government has admitted that access to the NHS for anyone outside the UK and EU is so lax that, say campaigners, it leaves it wide open to abuse. In a written Parliamentary reply, Simon Burns MP, the Minister of State for Health, confirmed that there is no formal requirement for anyone to provide documentation […]
The Allocation of Social Housing to Foreign Nationals in London
The proportion of social housing in London being allocated to foreign nationals may well be much higher than the public has been led to believe. That is the conclusion of a paper issued today by think-tank Migrationwatch. When this issue last received public attention in 2009, the IPPR produced a report for the Equality and Human Rights […]
Boris Advertises Foreign Access to the National Health Service | Migration Watch UK
A new booklet issued by the Mayor of London detailing how groups including illegal immigrants and foreign visitors can access the NHS – whether or not they are entitled to use it – has been branded an ‘absolute disgrace’ by think-tank Migration Watch UK, which is demanding its immediate recall. It is estimated that there are […]
MW259 : Asylum and Temporary Admission | Migration Watch UK
For a general discussion of the 1951 Geneva Convention relating to the Status of Refugees together with the New York Protocol of 1967, (together referred to in this paper as “the Convention”) you are referred to Legal Legal Paper MW “Asylum Seekers – a serious case of misunderstanding” and also to the definitions of “asylum”, “asylum seeker”, […]
Migration Watch Uk Summary Of ‘strategic Review Of The Student Visa Program 2011’ Conducted By Mr Michael Knight For The Australian Government
Migrationwatch challenged the conclusions of a British Council paper on foreign students. An important source for their paper was an Australian report by Michael Knight. We have examined that report in detail and find that its conclusions were very different from the impression given by the British Council. Our summary makes this clear with the key quotations in […]
Benefits Regime Makes UK Attractive Destination for East European Migrants | Migration Watch UK
The British benefits system makes the UK an extremely attractive destination to East Europeans. That is the conclusion of a research paper out today. The paper, ‘Incentives for Polish migration’ from think tank Migration Watch UK, focuses on Poles who are the largest component of migration from the East European countries that joined the EU in 2004. […]
Comment on the National Audit Office report on student immigration | Migration Watch UK
Today the NAO published a report into the student immigration system. Commenting, Sir Andrew Green, Chairman of Migration Watch UK said: “The NAO have lifted the lid on a scandal to which we have been pointing for several years. This report is a shocking indictment of the student visa system introduced by the previous government. The NAO […]