Environmental impact of immigration
Summary The following are the main findings: Introduction 2. The two principal impacts that migration is likely to have on the environment are its contribution to GHG emissions, and therefore climate change, and to the ‘amenity’, ‘enjoyment’ or ‘benefit’, that is provided by aspects of the natural environment that are seen to be of value […]
Huge public support for government restrictions on economic migration | Migration Watch UK
Widespread concern about the idea that White British might find themselves in a minority in the UK by around 2066 A resounding vote of confidence in the government’s measures announced last week to reduce the number of economic migrants allowed to come to the UK – that was the message of an opinion pollconducted by YouGov […]
The Impact of Migration on Education
Contents: Main Findings: 1. OverviewEducation is one of the most important public services provided by government, representing a major spending commitment, in 2009-10 costing in the UK – England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland – over £88 billion in total, of which three-quarters is specifically for pre-primary, primary and secondary education. Full time education in […]
Population and National Debt | Migration Watch UK
Latest analysis shows that, as Britain struggles to pay down its huge national debt, we will have to provide for an extra one million people solely as a result of immigration over the next five years. This is equivalent to the combined populations of Manchester, Liverpool and York. The figures, extracted by Migrationwatch, from the […]
Immigration ‘No answer’ to Pension Time Bomb | Migration Watch UK
The ‘myth’ that continued mass immigration is the answer to Britain’s pensions time bomb has been described as ‘totally dishonest’ by a new report out today. The report from think tank Migrationwatch, finds that the present ratio of workers to pensioners could only be sustained by immigration at a level that would bring the population of […]
MW179 : Immigration and Pensions | Migration Watch UK
Summary 1 Claims that immigration is needed to support the provision of pensions and care for the elderly are deeply misleading. As immigrants tend to be young, their arrival does reduce the average age of the population. But to maintain any substantial and enduring effect on the age-structure requires a constant increase in the number […]
Immigrants send £4 billion a year home. Remittances rise to £11m a day | Migration Watch UK
New research (Briefing Paper {157} published today shows that immigrants are now sending home a record £4 billion a year – almost doubling over the last decade – that is almost £11 million a day. This figure is nearly two thirds the amount that the UK Government spends on overseas aid – £6.3 billion in 2008. In […]
MW157 : The Invisible Cost of Immigration – Remittances | Migration Watch UK
Summary 1. The money sent home by immigrants is seldom mentioned but should now be added to the debate about the economic gains and losses of massive levels of immigration. It has increased sharply in the last ten years as immigration has risen. It now amounts to over £4 billion a year. This is £11 […]
Low paid most affected by immigration | Migration Watch UK
There is mounting evidence that immigration has had a negative effect on wages at the lower end of the UK labour market. There is also developing evidence of a negative impact on the employment of the UK born workers. ‘The body of evidence on this subject is growing and seems to point in one direction,’ […]
MW41 : Economic Migration within the EU | Migration Watch UK
Introduction1 The recent dispute at the Lindsey Oil Refinery has drawn attention to the migration of workers within the European Union. 2 Economic migrants from the EU are not likely to become a long term immigration problem as their numbers are expected to come into balance in a few years time but this note provides […]