The following statement has been issued by think-tank Migrationwatch in response to the publication today of total international migration estimates and population projections | Migration Watch UK
These are staggering figures which totally demolish the Government’s claim that it has a ‘Managed Migration’ policy. In fact they show that immigration into the UK is out of control. Foreign immigration is up 45% to 342,000 – that is equivalent to the city of Leicester in a single year This was partly offset by […]
Numbers are at heart of immigration debate | Migration Watch UK
The assumption that immigration at its current unprecedented level is somehow ‘inevitable’ has been challenged by think tank Migrationwatch in a response to the recent report from the IPPR , ‘Beyond Black and White.’ In part the IPPR report said that “… there is the growing realisation that immigration is set to continue, as the […]
IPPR Report Beyond Black and White
Summary1. A useful report providing detail of the origin, present location and economic performance of our immigrant communities. However, the methodology, based on census comparisons, deals only with the stock of immigrants rather than the flow. It thus obscures the very rapid increase in foreign immigration which has quadrupled since the early 1990s. Immigration now […]
Migration study ‘misses point’ – Comments by Sir Andrew Green about the IPPR Report. | Migration Watch UK
Introduction by BBC News web site – A report from the IPPR think tank shows 7.53% of people living in Britain were born overseas. However, pressure group Migration Watch is critical of the report, as its chairman explains. This report is full of interesting detail – and empty of serious content. In fact, it completely […]
Immigrants add over a million to our population in seven years | Migration Watch UK
Immigration has added over one million to the population of the UK since 1997 says a new report out today.(Read Report) Following the publication of the mid-year population estimates on 25 August, think-tank Migrationwatch UK has reviewed the flow of people to and from the UK so as to assess the true scale of immigration. […]
UK population increase through migration
1. Figures released by the Office of National Statistics (ONS) on 25th August 2005 show that the population of the United Kingdom reached 59,835,000 and England’s population passed 50 million for the first time in mid-2004. The UK’s population increased by 281,200 over the year to 30.6.2004. It is likely that, if this trend has […]
MW127 : Pressure on the UK visa system | Migration Watch UK
Summary1. Recent events underline the need for a robust visa system but the growing pressure on numbers is placing it under severe strain. In some countries this has serious security implications for Britain’s security.Introduction2. One of the major weaknesses of the present immigration system is the failure to record the arrival and departure of overseas […]
‘One size fits all’ wrong policy for UK migration
Demands for Scotland to have a separate immigration policy from the rest of the UK have been described as ‘completely unjustified by the facts and likely to be harmful to England‘ in a new report out today.(Read report) The report, from think tank Migrationwatch, says that claims that Scotland has a ‘population crisis’ have been […]
The outlook for Scotlands population: Does Scotland need its own immigration policy?
Summary 1. There has been a marked shift in the patterns of migration to and from Scotland in recent years. Before 2000 there was generally a net movement of people each year from Scotland to the rest of the United Kingdom and until 2003-4 there was also net emigration to international destinations. Coupled with a […]
One size fits all’ wrong policy for UK migration | Migration Watch UK
The ‘one size fits all’ nature of proposals for a common European economic migration policy would remove Britain’s ability to manage its own affairs in its own interests. This is one of the key messages to come from the evidence being presented by think-tank Migrationwatch today to the House of Lords Select Committee, ‘Inquiry into […]