Impact of immigration on demand for homes in England
Summary 1. After the Covid crisis, net migration levels could well revert to the high levels witnessed over the past five years, or even surpass them, given the range of various additional uncapped routes being opened under the new Points Based System. If so, just over half of extra homes needed in England by the early 2040s […]
Route to UK citizenship for up to three million people from Hong Kong
Summary 1. China’s Parliament – the National People’s Congress – has approved a proposal to impose a new National Security law for Hong Kong. In response, the UK government said, on 29 May, that if China ‘continued down this path’, it would offer 350,000 British National (Overseas) – BNO – passport holders in the territory a ‘pathway […]
Skewering those ‘zombie facts’ – 20 bogus arguments for mass immigration
20 bogus arguments for mass immigration A number of bogus arguments are often deployed in favour of mass immigration. These can be lazily wheeled out and buttressed by misleading or ‘zombie facts’ which refuse to die no matter how often they are proven to be false. Some politicians and commentators love falling back on them, […]
The Points Based System in Australia – Appropriate for the UK?
1. Summary 1.1 The government has promised to introduce an Australian-points based immigration system after Brexit. This paper looks at the Australian system in detail and asks the question of whether it is appropriate for the UK. Importantly, it includes an annual cap on permanent immigration which covers skilled workers: 2. Migration to Australia 2.1 […]
Population
Recent Population Growth 1. The population now stands at 66.4 million (mid-2018) – see graph below. The latest ONS figures (for 2018) suggest the non-UK born population stands at 9.3 million (just over 14% of the total) of whom 3.6 million are from the EU and 5.7 million are from outside the EU. Figure: UK population growth […]
Migration Watch UK Press Comment on ONS Population Overview | Migration Watch UK
The ONS has this morning released an overview of the UK population which finds that the direct effect of immigration has been to add an average of 250,000 to our population each year since 2004. However, this takes no account of the indirect effect of immigration, as migrants also have children. As the ONS figures […]
Migration Watch UK press comment on ONS population estimates for mid-2016 | Migration Watch UK
Commenting, Lord Green of Deddington, Chairman of Migration Watch UK, said: “This record rise in our population is very largely the result of massive levels of immigration which accounted for nearly two-thirds of the increase. We are now at a turning point. The Brexit negotiations must achieve a substantial reduction in EU migration. Failing that we will have […]
EU Commission’s demands for EU Citizens after Brexit clearly unacceptable | Migration Watch UK
Migration Watch UK have today issued a paper (MW 412 – Brexit: Preserving the Rights of EU Citizens in the UK) analysing the European Commission’s Negotiating Directives for the protection of the rights of EU citizens after the UK’s withdrawal. It finds that a number of their demands are clearly unacceptable. Four demands stand out: […]
Migration Watch UK press comment on leaked Labour document on immigration | Migration Watch UK
Commenting, Lord Green of Deddington, Chairman of Migration Watch UK, said: “We have been here before. Labour are low key about immigration before they get into power but very different in office. The last time they came to power in 1997 they also promised to reform the system. Within three years immigration had trebled from […]
MW411 : Immigration – the Labour Party Manifesto for 2017 | Migration Watch UK
Summary 1. No commitment to reduce immigration. Vague mention of reforming the system to make it work “for the many, not the few”. All specific measures mentioned would increase immigration. The overall effect would be to undermine still further the effectiveness of the present system in controlling the level of immigration. Introduction 2. The Labour […]