Future migration trends
Summary1. Population projections are produced regularly by the Government Actuary’s Department (GAD). They have to make assumptions about international migration which they base on recent trends. 2. The international migration assumption has been steadily increased over the last decade but it has consistently underestimated the increase in net international migration to the UK. 3. The […]
How immigration is measured
Summary1. The United Nations definition of a migrant, standard in demography, is anyone who changes his or her country of usual residence for at least a year.2. There are three main sources of international migration data international migration statistics produced yearly by the Office for National Statistics which measures immigration and emigration on a sample […]
MW16 : Seven Deadly Spins | Migration Watch UK
(The Governments shifting arguments for large-scale immigration – issued 15 Jan 2007) There is no disagreement that limited skilled migration in both directions is valuable to all concerned. Not all impacts of immigration can be measured. Neither the benefits of innovation or diversity can be calculated, nor can the costs of additional congestion be accurately assessed. However, […]
The Impact of Immigration on GDP per head
Summary1. Most immigrants add to production but, in the long term, the host population will only benefit if there is a resultant increase in GDP per head. Three recent studies – addressing the past, present and future have all suggested that any such impact is minimal. [1] Indeed, the main benefit accrues to the immigrants who are […]
Immigration Benefit ‘Equivalent to a Mars bar a Month’ | Migration Watch UK
New figures out today reveal that, on the Government’s own figures, the benefit to each member of the native population of the UK from immigration is worth about 4p a week – or less than the equivalent of a small Mars bar a month. In an analysis of a series of reports on the economic […]
A migrant a minute now coming UK | Migration Watch UK
Immigrants are now entering the UK at the rate of nearly one a minute. An analysis of the latest immigration statistics by think-tank Migrationwatch, plus the recent IPPR report on the record emigration of British people highlight the unprecedented changes that are taking place in the nature of British society.(See report) ‘The government has had […]
MW15 : Minister admits that immigration is of little benefit to Britons | Migration Watch UK
In a recent debate in Parliament a Home Office Minister gave the first official estimate of the benefits of immigration. Joan Ryan said that the Treasury estimates that migration has increased output by at least 4 billion and attributes 10 15% of economic trend growth to immigration. [1] What she failed to say is that immigration […]
Minister admits that immigration is of little benefit to Britons | Migration Watch UK
The government have admitted in the House of Commons that immigration is of little benefit to the British public. Their own figures show a minimal contribution to GDP per head. (Read report). Commenting, Sir Andrew Green, Chairman of MigrationwatchUK, said “Ms Ryan has let the cat out of the bag. The government’s claims about the economic […]
Oldham five years on | Migration Watch UK
Migrationwatch have prepared a summary of a report by Professor Ted Cantle who re-visited Oldham five years after the riots to review progress on community cohesion. We have added a short commentary pointing out that the population change which so concerns the authors is seriously exacerbated by the continuing high rate of arranged marriages with […]
Oldham Five Years On?
Introduction 1. Professor Ted Cantle and a team re-visited Oldham five years after the riots to review progress in achieving community cohesion. They reported on 30 March 2006 [1]. This note summarises, and comments on, their findings. 2. Their brief was to assess the current level of community cohesion in Oldham, to identify threats and opportunities, […]