How did immigration get out of control?
Summary1 Government claims that the present very high levels of immigration to Britain are consistent with world trends in migration are misleading. Comparisons with other European countries are often irrelevant because of their quite different demography. These claims have been used as a smokescreen to disguise a series of policy failures which are the main […]
MW115 : Population out of control | Migration Watch UK
Summary1 The government have assured the public that the population of the UK will not be allowed to reach 70 million and that their new Points Based System (PBS) will ensure that this is achieved. Unfortunately, this cannot possibly be so.2 The population of the UK today is 61 million. According to official projections, it […]
How Britain’s new jobs have gone to immigrants | Migration Watch UK
Nearly all the jobs created in the UK since 2001 have gone to immigrants – not British born workers. New research from think tank Migrationwatch – based on Government figures – shows that virtually all the extra 1.34 million jobs have now been filled by people from abroad, notably by the half a million workers who […]
MW32 : Impact of immigration on employment of British born | Migration Watch UK
Summary 1. The proportion of British born people in work is now the same as in 2001. In effect, the extra 1.34 million jobs created in the past seven years have now virtually all gone to immigrants. A major reason for this is the arrival, since May 2004, of half a million workers from Eastern […]
The Business Visitor Scheme under the Points Based System | Migration Watch UK
Migrationwatch called today for much tougher rules on business visitors. The new rules are far too lax and, in particular, permit unlimited secondment of foreign employees to Britain. (See Briefing Paper 3.6). Commenting, the Chairman, Sir Andrew Green, said “The Government scrabbled to produce these rules only days before the system goes live. Far from […]
The Recession: no Solution to Large Scale Immigration | Migration Watch UK
New research published today concludes that the widely forecast recession will not tackle the long term challenge of large scale immigration. The report was prepared by Migrationwatch at the request of the Cross Party Group on Balanced Migration. It plots annual growth in GDP since 1970 to identify previous years of recession and examines what happened […]
A seperate scottish immigration system would be “futile” | Migration Watch UK
Claims that Scotland ‘needs’ large scale immigration because of its declining and ageing population have been strongly refuted in a paper out today from think tank Migrationwatch. Scotland’s population is not declining as is frequently claimed so substantial immigration is not required to boost the population – neither will it provide an answer to a future pensions […]
MW137 : Does Scotland Need Immigration? | Migration Watch UK
Summary1. Scotland’s population is not declinin&g. As in all developed countries, it is ageing but immigration as a solution to a pensions problem has been dismissed by all serious studies. The economic claims for large scale immigration have been conclusively rejected by the Economic Affairs Committee of the House of Lords after a major investigation; […]
‘No Excuses’ on Immigration as Poles go Home | Migration Watch UK
A new report out today estimates that the influx of East Europeans coming to work in the UK will come broadly into balance within the next three years. Thereafter, most immigration will be from outside the EU and could therefore be controlled if the government had the political will to do so. ‘The impression is being carefully fostered […]
Setting the record straight – Migrationwatch responds to Home Affairs Committee | Migration Watch UK
Think tank Migrationwatch has issued a firm reply to criticisms levelled at the accuracy of its work and motivation by some Members of Parliament at a recent meeting of the Home Affairs Select Committee. Giving evidence on the operation of the Government’s Points Based System, on Migrationwatch Chairman Sir Andrew Green was asked a number […]