The UK Labour Market – EU Workers by Occupation Skill Level
Summary 1. There are currently 400,000 EU14 workers in the UK who are more likely to be in a skilled occupation than the UK born – 70% compared to 55%. However, there are more than twice that number from the accession countries known as the EU10 of whom almost three quarters are in low skilled […]
Prime Minister’s Speech on EU Migration | Migration Watch UK
Commenting on the Prime Minister’s speech this morning, Lord Green of Deddington, Chairman of Migration Watch UK, said: “We welcome the Prime Minister’s speech in which he reaffirmed his commitment to a net migration target. Without measures taken so far, net migration would undoubtedly be even higher than its present level. That said, there is […]
MW334 : Immigration Act 2014 – Article 8 ECHR – Public interest considerations | Migration Watch UK
1. There has been much concern in recent years about the number of cases in which convicted foreign criminals have been able to frustrate decisions to remove or deport them from the United Kingdom by reliance in appeals against such decisions on Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR), which provides: Section […]
The Outlook for EU Migration
Summary 1. Large scale net migration is a new phenomenon, having begun in 1998. Between 1998 and 2010 around two thirds of net migration came from outside the EU. Government policy is now achieving substantial reductions in non-EU net migration. British emigration is fairly stable. However, efforts to reduce total net migration risk being undermined […]
Nick Clegg “lost” half a million migrants in the EU debate | Migration Watch UK
In the recent debate on membership of the European Union Nick Clegg under-estimated the increase in the EU population of the UK by about ½ million – roughly the population of the city of Liverpool. It seems that he was unaware that the Office for National Statistics (ONS) have admitted that their estimates of the […]
Over half a million EU migrants expected in the next 5 years – that is more than the population of Manchester | Migration Watch UK
The recent increase in migration from the EU is likely to continue into the medium term throwing the government’s immigration policy off course and creating tension between the UK’s continued membership of the EU and control of our borders. That is the conclusion of a paper issued today by Migration Watch UK. The paper, the first estimate […]
Migration Watch UK Press Comment on the National Statistics of Romanians and Bulgarians in UK | Migration Watch UK
The Office for National Statistics has today released its quarterly Labour Market Statistics which show that the number of Romanians and Bulgarians working in the UK in the period October-December 2013 was estimated to be 144,000. This is compared to 102,000 for the same period in 2012, an increase of 41 percent. Commenting on these figures, Sir […]
EU and the Roma
Summary 1. This note compares the living conditions of the Roma in Romania and Bulgaria with those in the other Eastern European member states.[1] They suffer from widespread discrimination in all these countries, as well as significantly worse living standards than their compatriots. However, the evidence suggests that the Roma suffer from less discrimination in Romania […]
MW319 : Non-Active EU migrants and access to welfare | Migration Watch UK
Summary 1. Despite overall low rates of unemployment of EU citizens in the UK, the UK also contains the largest proportion of EU job-seekers who have never worked, suggesting that our residence based benefits system is all too easy to access. These migrants cost the taxpayer nearly £400 million a year. Whether they come originally […]
MW316 : Asylum Seekers and the Right to Work in the European Economic Area | Migration Watch UK
Summary 1. Every member state of the EEA, except the Republic of Ireland and Lithuania, grants asylum seekers the right to work at some point during their application process. The United Kingdom grants the right to work after 12 months if the applicant is still awaiting a decision. However, the job must be on the […]