Migration Watch UK press comment on the Prime Minister’s Brexit speech | Migration Watch UK
Commenting, Lord Green of Deddington, Chairman of Migration Watch UK, said: “These are clear decisions and they are the right ones. The government must preserve skilled migration in both directions while achieving a sharp reduction in migration from the EU for low skilled work. We would expect this to reduce net migration by about 100,000 a […]
Immigration and UK membership of the European Single Market
Summary 1. If the UK were to remain a member of the Single Market following Britain’s exit from the European Union, net migration from the EU would be unlikely to fall below 155,000 in the medium term. A substantial wage disparity between the UK and Eastern Europe will continue, despite the recent devaluation of sterling. […]
Membership of the EU’s Single Market is a recipe for mass immigration | Migration Watch UK
Mass immigration for the foreseeable future will be inevitable if Britain remains a member of the Single Market. That is the conclusion of a paper released today by Migration Watch UK. The paper examines the consequences of the UK remaining a full member of the Single Market which would require continued acceptance of the free movement of […]
Single market membership means more mass immigration | Migration Watch UK
By Lord Green of DeddingtonChairman of Migration Watch UKConservative Home, 29th December, 2016 The Brexit debate is descending into the technicalities of trade deals. together with a burst of special pleading by employers who have long benefitted from an unlimited supply of cheap labour. Yet there are much wider issues. They are not only about our […]
MW394 : Immigration and Brexit – A summary of our recent work | Migration Watch UK
In view of the government’s silence on their Brexit work, we have published our own suggestions on immigration. We believe that the best approach would be to extend our existing system of work permits to skilled workers from the EU. Around 30,000 would be required to meet the needs of business and to allow for some […]
Should the UK apply substantially different immigration rules to different parts of the UK post-Brexit?
Summary 1. The application of substantially different immigration rules in the UK’s various devolved authorities and cities after the UK leaves the European Union would be unjustified and impracticable. Such a system would also be extremely complex, distort competition and introduce local anomalies. Fundamentally, it would seriously undermine the government’s efforts to reduce net migration […]
A tailored immigration system for EEA citizens after Brexit
Summary 1. It is clear from the referendum result that the British public wants net migration to be reduced substantially. The best way to do this, following Brexit, would be through a widening of our present work permit system to include European Economic Area (EEA) workers offered highly skilled jobs.[1] There should be continued free movement […]
Brexit and Immigration – time for some clarity on aims | Migration Watch UK
By Lord Green of DeddingtonChairman of Migration Watch UKConservative Home, 30th November, 2016 It is now abundantly clear that some opponents of Brexit are seeking to use parliamentary procedures to delay and obstruct the forthcoming negotiations in the hope that they can engineer another referendum with a different result. Indeed, the Liberal Democrat leader has virtually […]
Brexit negotiating objectives: Where are the government going on immigration? | Migration Watch UK
There is a perfectly feasible way forward on immigration which meets the main concerns of all participants, except for some relating to new arrivals of low paid migrant workers. That is the conclusion of a paper being issued by Migration Watch UK. The paper calls for early publication of the UK’s objectives on immigration (but not the […]
MW395 : Brexit negotiation: Publication of UK objectives | Migration Watch UK
Summary 1. There is a perfectly feasible way forward on immigration which meets the main concerns of all participants, except for some relating to new arrivals of low paid migrant workers. Early publication of the UK’s objectives (but not the strategy) would help calm concerns without weakening our hand. Introduction 2. In advance of the […]