Impact of the ‘Immigration Decade’ on English Primary Schools | Migration Watch UK
The dramatic impact on Primary schools of the massive increase in immigration into the UK in the last decade has been spelled out in a new paper from think tank Migrationwatch. The paper examines the effect of a net increase of more than 2.5 million long-term immigrants from non English speaking countries, between 1991 and […]
MW210 : Changing Primary Schools in England: 1998 – 2010 | Migration Watch UK
Summary 1. This paper examines the impact that immigration, much of it from non English speaking countries, has had on our primary schools in the period 1998 to 2010. 2. It examines England as a whole, individual regions, and three groups of Local Education Authorities (LEAs) – London Boroughs, the largest urban boroughs outside London, […]
MW206 : Immigration and Education; response to the IPPR | Migration Watch UK
The IPPR has recently published a critique of Migrationwatch’s recent report on the likely future impacts that immigration would have on primary and secondary education in the UK. Their critique does not attempt to challenge our main point – namely that mass immigration of 3 million over the last 12 years is likely to add 0.5 million to the […]
MW205 : Immigration and Demand for Education: Response to Critics | Migration Watch UK
Our paper published on 14 October attracted criticism from the usual quarters. None of it affected the main thrust of the report which was that there will be a very substantial increase in the demand for education as a result of the massive levels of immigration permitted, even encouraged, by the previous government. However, it should […]
Decade of immigration means ½ million more school places to be found in next five years – and 1m over ten years | Migration Watch UK
Over the next five years – to 2015 – over half a million more school places will be needed for the children of recent immigrants to the UK – those who arrived after 1998. This will cost a total of £40 billion over the period – according to a new report from think-tank Migrationwatch. By 2020 […]