Migration Watch UK Press Release – Brexit is a chance to improve wages and conditions for agricultural workers | Migration Watch UK
Brexit should be seen as a chance to improve productivity and raise wages for agricultural workers That is the finding of a briefing paper being released today by Migration Watch UK. The agricultural lobby is calling for the reinstatement of the Seasonal Agricultural Workers Scheme (SAWS) in the light of new proposals for work permits confined to […]
Conservative Home – The EU and migration. Work permits are the way forward | Migration Watch UK
By Lord Green of DeddingtonFounding Chairman of Migration Watch UKConservative Home, 9th October, 2016 Brexit, we are told, means Brexit, but what does Brexit mean for immigration – a key issue in the referendum? As the dust settles after the Conservative Party Conference, it is time to reflect on the full significance of the Prime Minister’s […]
EU will be unable to cope with asylum crisis without significant legal and administrative changes | Migration Watch UK
A review of the legal and policy framework is now essential if the EU is to cope with the huge number of migrants and asylum seekers flowing into Southern Europe. That is the conclusion of a report (attached) issued today by Migration Watch UK. Almost 1.3 million applications for asylum were lodged in the EU […]
After Brexit EU migration for work must be reserved for highly-skilled roles with a limit of 30,000 a year | Migration Watch UK
An annual limit of 30,000 work permits for EU migration should be sufficient to allow businesses access to the skills they require while also achieving a reduction of about 100,000 a year in net migration from the EU over the medium term. That is the finding of a paper being released by Migration Watch UK. Migration Watch […]
MW391 : A limit on work permits for skilled EU migrants after Brexit | Migration Watch UK
Summary 1. An annual limit for highly skilled migration from the EU should be set at a level that allows for the renewal of the current stock, together with some room for expansion. We estimate that the annual limit should be set at 30,000 a year. Eliminating lower-skilled work could reduce net EU migration by […]
Migration Watch UK press release: Immigration and trade in the Brexit negotiations | Migration Watch UK
Making concessions on immigration in exchange for Single Market membership would contradict the outcome of the Referendum Any UK concessions on free movement in the upcoming Brexit negotiations would have to be so large that they would betray the democratic mandate for controlled and reduced immigration delivered by the British people in the referendum. This […]
MW390 : Brexit: Immigration concessions for trade benefits? | Migration Watch UK
An ‘Emergency Brake’ on EU Migration?
Summary 1. There is no viable and timely trigger for an emergency brake on EU migration. To be consistent with the outcome of the referendum, a decision to apply such a brake would have to be at the British government’s discretion, an outcome that is unlikely to be negotiable. Furthermore, control would be illusory since […]
EU Migration – An Emergency Brake is a Non-Starter | Migration Watch UK
An “emergency brake” on EU migration to the UK is clearly a non starter. That is the conclusion of a paper issued today by Migration Watch UK in the run up to the Chequers Ministerial meeting on Brexit. The report examines the EU’s arrangements with Norway and Switzerland. It then outlines the practical difficulties of measuring EU […]
MW387 : The Vanishing Students from Outside the EU | Migration Watch UK
Summary 1. Much attention has been paid to the apparent failure of the government to reduce non-EU migration. However, it would seem that this is very largely due to the significant number of students who have remained in the UK, legally or otherwise. 2. Non-EU net migration has averaged 172,000 in the last ten years, […]