Migration Watch UK response to Latest Net Migration Statistics | Migration Watch UK
Migration Watch UK Press Comment on Net Migration Statistics Commenting, Sir Andrew Green, Chairman of Migration Watch UK said: “The government’s immigration policy is succeeding in reducing net migration from outside the EU, now down by over a third to its lowest level since 1998. But the recent increase in migration from the EU will […]
The Release of 2012-Based Population Projections | Migration Watch UK
Commenting on the population projections released by the ONS today, Sir Andrew Green, Chairman of Migration Watch UK, said: ‘These latest projections confirm that we are still on course for a continued and substantial increase in population. By the end of the next Parliament the population will have increased by 3 million, the equivalent of […]
Draft Immigration Bill | Migration Watch UK
Commenting on the Government’s new draft Immigration Bill, Sir Andrew Green, Chairman of Migration Watch UK, said: “The Government should be commended for their determined approach to tackling illegal immigration. Illegal immigrants add to the pressure on public services and undermine the wages of British workers. It is part of a properly functioning immigration system […]
Comment on the end of the Seasonal Agricultural Workers Scheme | Migration Watch UK
Welcoming the Government’s decision to bring to an end the Seasonal Agricultural Workers Scheme, Sir Andrew Green, Chairman of Migration Watch UK, said: ‘This decision has to be right. We now have a labour market of 500 million in the European Union, it simply makes no sense to bring in unskilled workers from outside. This […]
Public strongly oppose votes for foreign citizens | Migration Watch UK
Last week a report by Migrationwatch revealed that about one million Commonwealth citizens who are not British citizens nevertheless have the right to vote in our General Elections. The government’s response was that this right to vote in our elections “reflects our close historical ties with Commonwealth countries. Excluding Commonwealth citizens would be significant and […]
Votes for Commonwealth Citizens
Summary 1. There could be as many as one million migrants from the Commonwealth who have the right to vote in UK Parliamentary elections, despite not being British citizens. Voting rights for the whole Commonwealth are an anachronism from the days of the British Empire and should be brought to an end except for citizens […]
MW314 : Immigration and Public Debt – Comment on the OBR’s Sustainability Report 2013 | Migration Watch UK
Summary 1. The recent OBR report was deeply misleading on immigration because it: Detail 2. The recent OBR report on fiscal sustainability has been widely misunderstood or misquoted to suggest that immigration control would massively increase the burden of public debt. For example: “How much do we want to cut net migration anyway, when the […]
Chief Inspector of Immigration: Report on Juxtaposed Controls | Migration Watch UK
Commenting on the report, Mr Alp Mehmet, Vice Chariman of Migration Watch UK said: “The Chief Inspector is right to point to inadequate Border Force resources, especially at Calais. It is time the government accepted that an effective border control can’t be had on the cheap and allocate sufficient resources to address an issue of […]
Comment on ONS Mid-Year 2012 Population Estimate | Migration Watch UK
Commenting on the figures Mr Alp Mehmet, Vice Chairman of Migration Watch UK said: “The ONS figures clearly show that immigration is the main driver of population growth in the UK. Net immigration to the UK in the year to June 2012 was 165,000, 40% of the total figure. The figures also show a rapid […]
Home Office Review of the Balance of Competencies
Asylum and Immigration Migration Watch UK Evidence Asylum 1. HMG’s approach to EU policy has been well judged. The UK has opted-in only to those relatively few Directives that will bring benefit. Others which might well have impeded the operation of the British asylum system have not been opted-in to. The government are also right […]