Migration Watch UK press comment – UK’s offer on EU citizens’ status post-Brexit | Migration Watch UK
Commenting, Lord Green of Deddington, Chairman of Migration Watch UK, said: This is a very generous offer that fully respects the reasonable demands of EU citizens who have made their lives here. Despite previous scaremongering, no one will be asked to go home. “Clearly there needs to be some form of judicial oversight of the […]
The rights of EU citizens after Brexit are important but the Commission’s opening demands are unacceptably high | Migration Watch UK
By Alp MehmetVice Chairman of Migration Watch UKThe Times, 15 June, 2017 The rights of EU citizens after Brexit are important but the European Commission’s opening demands are unacceptably high. When negotiations begin, at the top of the agenda will be a need to resolve the post-Brexit rights of around 3.2 million EU nationals in […]
Brexit: Preserving the Rights of EU Citizens in the UK
Summary 1. There is a clear political will to protect the position of EU citizens in the UK and vice versa but the issues are not as simple as is often suggested. The position of the EU is that the European Court of Justice should have jurisdiction over citizens’ rights, that rights be conferred on […]
EU Commission’s demands for EU Citizens after Brexit clearly unacceptable | Migration Watch UK
Migration Watch UK have today issued a paper (MW 412 – Brexit: Preserving the Rights of EU Citizens in the UK) analysing the European Commission’s Negotiating Directives for the protection of the rights of EU citizens after the UK’s withdrawal. It finds that a number of their demands are clearly unacceptable. Four demands stand out: […]
EU demands on Citizens’ Rights are absurdly inflated | Migration Watch UK
There is widespread agreement in Britain that the rights of EU citizens in the UK and British citizens in the EU should be protected. However, the Working Paper published in Brussels for consideration today by the Council Working Party on the Brexit negotiations contains a thoroughly unreasonable set of demands. The agreement would, in effect, […]
EU Immigration, Post-Brexit – A Comprehensive Policy
Summary 1. A major benefit of Brexit will be our ability to control migration from the EU, now running at about 160,000 a year (net). The focus should be on preserving access for the highly skilled by means of work permits similar to those now issued to highly skilled non-EU migrants.[1] 2. For some occupations […]
New temporary visa for EU workers to plug short-term skills gaps | Migration Watch UK
Migration Watch UK have today issued a paper (EU Immigration, Post-Brexit – A Comprehensive Policy) on the prospect for temporary visas for EU migrants to work in jobs at lower skill levels than presently required for admission of non-EU nationals, such as bricklaying, plumbing and construction among others, for a maximum of three years after […]
How do we handle future migration from the EU? | Migration Watch UK
By Alanna ThomasExecutive Director of Migration Watch UKThe Times, 11 May, 2017 Large-scale immigration from the European Union is a relatively new phenomenon. It is not widely known but, in the ten years prior to 2004, before the eight new East European member states joined the Union, net migration from the EU averaged just 15,000 […]
International students – shifting sands? | Migration Watch UK
By Lord Green of DeddingtonChairman of Migration Watch UKConservative Home, 26 April, 2017 There are claims that the Government is considering taking foreign students out of the immigration totals. This would certainly be the effect of the first of two amendments to the Higher Education and Research Bill will shortly return to the Commons. There is no […]
Arrangements for skilled Britons seeking to work in the European Union after Brexit
Summary 1. It is likely that, following Brexit, British citizens who wish to take a job in a European Union member state will be required to obtain a work permit in order to do so. Although the EU’s “Blue Card” scheme is currently far from complete (87% of such cards are issued by Germany alone), […]