Good prospects for skilled British workers in a post-Brexit EU | Migration Watch UK
The UK is in the process of leaving the European Union just as the EU is working to considerably increase inflows of highly skilled workers from outside the bloc. This would provide opportunities for British nationals to work in the EU even without any special agreement following the Brexit negotiations. That is the finding of […]
We must reduce EU migration, not just control it | Migration Watch UK
By Lord Green of DeddingtonChairman of Migration Watch UKBrexit Central, 8 April, 2017 The Prime Minister may be right to suggest that there could be a need for a transitional phase as a new system for EU migration is brought into effect. Much depends, of course on what that system turns out to be. We have […]
The Rights of EU Nationals in the UK Post-Brexit
Summary 1. Calls to offer a unilateral guarantee to EU nationals and indeed the House of Lords amendment to the Article 50 Bill only scratch the surface of the issues involved. They also ignore the fact that approximately 85% of the 3.6 million EU citizens now in the UK will have been in the UK […]
The Lords amendment designed to derail Brexit that MPs should reject today | Migration Watch UK
By Lord Green of DeddingtonChairman of Migration Watch UKConservative Home, 13 March, 2017 Today, the Commons will consider a key amendment to the Bill triggering our withdrawal negotiations with the EU. It should be very firmly opposed. Let us be in no doubt that the effect, perhaps unintended, of the amendment could be to cause the […]
A unilateral legal guarantee for EU nationals in the UK could only undermine the position of our own citizens living in the EU | Migration Watch UK
A House of Lords amendment to the Article 50 Bill is to be considered in the House of Commons today. If passed, it could severely undermine the Prime Minister’s ability to secure the rights of nearly a million UK citizens living in the European Union. Those campaigning for this amendment deliberately ignore the fact that […]
The final Brexit deal must honour the public’s desire for reduced net migration | Migration Watch UK
By Lord Green of DeddingtonChairman of Migration Watch UKUK in a Changing Europe, 7 March, 2017 With the most complex negotiations in our history about to commence, the outcome on immigration will be crucial. Since 2004, Polish plumbers, Italian baristas and, indeed, a whole range of less-stereotypicalEuropean migrants have come to work and often make their […]
Tony Blair is wrong yet again: Immigration from the EU post-Brexit can and will be controlled | Migration Watch UK
By Lord Green of DeddingtonChairman of Migration Watch UKBrexit Central, 20 February, 2017 Perhaps I might explain to Tony Blair in an “easy to understand” way that he has completely misapprehended the immigration issue which, as he admitted in his speech on Friday, was the key issue at the referendum. He claimed that the Prime Minister […]
MW401 : The need for continued inflows of EU workers to the UK | Migration Watch UK
Summary 1. Some business leaders are concerned that once Britain leaves the European Union, controls on immigration will prevent them from maintaining the existing workforce of East Europeans, a large proportion of whom work in lower skilled and lower paid occupations. However, analysis of the Labour Force Survey (LFS) suggests that this has been a […]
Why there will be no Brexit cliff edge for EU employees in Britain | Migration Watch UK
By Lord Green of DeddingtonChairman of Migration Watch UKConservative Home, 13 February, 2017 The pace is quickening as the Brexit negotiations approach. Employers who rely on East European workers are voicing concern that they face a “cliff edge” for their workforce when the UK leaves the EU. Research published today by Migration Watch UK suggests that […]
William Hague’s proposal for issuing work permits to EU nationals is too simplistic to be effective | Migration Watch UK
By Lord Green of DeddingtonChairman of Migration Watch UKBrexit Central, 22nd January, 2017 Lord Hague has, in his recent interview with the Financial Times, called for a “simple solution” to the problem of free movement. The former Foreign Secretary has proposed a straightforward deal under which any EU national with an offer of employment in Britain […]