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 […]
MW81 : The Right of Non Citizens to Vote in Britain | Migration Watch UK
Summary 1 The right of all Commonwealth citizens to vote in all British elections is an anachronism that should be removed. It devalues the concept of citizenship which the government is seeking to encourage. Further, it could now enfranchise approximately a million non-British citizens, thus having a significant impact on the outcome of a close […]
EU Commission spokesman denies that ECHR is essential to membership of the EU. | Migration Watch UK
Asked by the BBC’s Mark Mardell whether if a country left the ECHR it would have to leave the EU, Jose Manuel Barroso’s spokesman replied at the midday press briefing ( on 26 June): “the European Convention on Human Rights is an instrument of the Council of Europe, and so strictly speaking, this is not […]
The Impact of the EU Constitution on asylum and immigration | Migration Watch UK
The EU Constitution will be the end of any serious attempt to control our own borders. This is the conclusion of a report by think tank MigrationwatchUK issued today. The report pulls together in one document the complex issues surrounding the future management of asylum and immigration under the EU Constitution to be signed by […]
The treaty establishing a constitution for Europe: Implications for asylum and immigration in the UK
Summary1. The UKs circumstances are very different from those of our EU partners. We do not fit the continental model. 2. The British Governments attempts to influence EU policies on asylum and immigration have met with little success. Our European partners have declined to endorse British ideas for exerting EU economic pressure to achieve repatriation […]
Immigration and Marriage:The Problem of Continuous Migration
Summary 1. When primary immigration from the Indian sub continent came to an end in the early 1970s it was assumed that family re-union would tail off as the communities integrated. 2. That has not happened. In practice, the custom of arranged marriage had led to a continuous flow of spouses andfiance(e)s from the Indian […]
MW101 : International migration in 2002 | Migration Watch UK
Summary1. On 29 April, 2004 the Office for National Statistics published its detailed estimates of international migration for 2002 [i].2. The overall net immigration total was confirmed as 153,400 people – continuing the pattern of high net immigration we have seen since 1998. In total there has been net immigration of 790,000 people in the 5 […]
MigrationWatch comment on EU immigration… | Migration Watch UK
David Blunkett seems to have grasped the stick firmly by the wrong end. Migrationwatch is not opposed to all immigration, as we have repeatedly and publicly made clear. Any attempt to suggest otherwise is to wilfully misrepresent our position. The issue is not whether Eastern Europeans should be allowed to work in Britain but whether […]
Balkans migration should act as ‘wake-up’ call on EU enlargment… | Migration Watch UK
Large scale migration from the Balkan countries should be tackled in the countries themselves. EU resources should be more effectively targeted to underpin their economies and social structure rather than being spent on ‘grandiose’ schemes. That is the view of Professor James Pettifer, Professor and Research Associate at the Conflict Studies Research Centre, Defence Academy, […]
Draft EU constitution: Implications for asylum and immigration
Summary1. Britain’s circumstances are very different from those of our European partners. We do not “fit” the continental model. 2. Experience so far of European “co-operation” has not been encouraging. Our European partners have declined to endorse British ideas for exerting EU economic pressure to achieve repatriation agreements. They have also effectively turned down suggestions […]