Now it’s the BBC that blunder over immigration statistics | Migration Watch UK
On the 10 o’clock TV news on 30 April, the BBC “Reality Check” claimed that, in 2008, there was a net outflow of non EU workers of 8,000 so the real pressure on British jobs was from a net inflow of 46,000 EU workers which none of the parties had any plans to control. To […]
Over a Million Illegal Immigrants in the UK | Migration Watch UK
There are now over a million illegal immigrants in Britain according to a new report out today from Migrationwatch. The report examined the only two previous studies – one commissioned by the Home Office in 2005 and the other produced by the London School of Economics in 2009 for the Mayor of London. The report explains that the LSE […]
MW190 : The Illegal Migrant Population in the UK | Migration Watch UK
Summary1 Previous estimates of illegal immigrants have seriously underestimated the scale of illegal entry and those who overstay their visas. A more plausible estimate for illegal immigrants in the UK would be 1.1 million. If they were granted an amnesty their relatives and dependants would have the right to enter Britain, approximately doubling the numbers […]
MW186 : Can We Limit Immigration? | Migration Watch UK
Summary 1 A broad immigration policy objective of net immigration at 40,000 a year is feasible provided that the number of economic migrants permitted to settle is of the order of 30,000 a year.Introduction 2 An IPPR (Institute for Public Policy Research) paper issued in March 2010 questioned both the feasibility and desirability of limiting […]
Prime Minister gets his facts wrong on immigration | Migration Watch UK
In his pod cast on Friday 26 March, the Prime Minister said “Some people talk as if net inward migration is rising. In fact, it is falling – down from 237,000 in 2007, to 163,000 in 2008, to provisional figures of 147,000 last year”. The first two figures refer to Long Term Immigration and are […]
The Immigration Appeals System Revised – 2010 Version
This Briefing Paper substantially amends and brings up to date the previous version dated March 2005, taking account of recent changes in the law. Introduction1 The immigration appeals system has undergone major changes twice in recent years. Until April 2005 there was a two tier system, the first tier consisting of adjudicators sitting alone and […]
Only Severe Cuts to Immigration will Stop Population Hitting 70 million well within 25 Years. | Migration Watch UK
Even if the birth rate were to drop to levels not seen for 100 years the UK population is almost bound to hit 70m within 25 years unless there is a dramatic cut in immigration levels, says a new report out today. An analysis of the Government’s own figures – issued on the eve of a speech […]
MW180 : Population Growth – Migration or Birth rate? | Migration Watch UK
Summary1 No remotely credible fall in the birth rate will prevent the UK population reaching 70 million in 25 years at the latest. The only way to curb population below this level is to make a sharp cut in net immigration from the present level of 160,500 a year to about 40,000. Introduction2 The latest […]
Draft Immigration Bill 2009Migration Watch Comments
SUMMARY OF RECOMMENDATIONS Note : In this summary and in the text which follows, our comments which involve adding new provisions to the draft Bill are shown in bold type. 1 This draft (Draft B) is a much enlarged version of the draft originally published in July 2008 (Draft A) and the comments which we […]
New poll shows seven out of ten want immigration slashed. 75% worried about impact immigration is having on Britain, 5% are pleased. Nearly 2/3rds of Labour voters want immigration sharply cut | Migration Watch UK
On the day that new Government statistics show that immigration in 2008 was 163,000, a new YouGov pollfor Migrationwatch UK reveals the vast majority of the public are concerned about immigration and want it cut substantially so that the UK’s population does not hit 70 million in 2029, as official figures project. To avoid the population […]