New proposals provide ‘no upper limit’ to immigration | Migration Watch UK
The proposals relating to work permits in the “Five year plan” recently announced by Home Secretary Charles Clarke further underline the government’s policy of ‘no upper limit to migration,’ says a new report out today. (Read report) The report – from think-tank Migrationwatch – has concluded that the plan contains a number of changes that should […]
Knock on’ effect of immigration on the regions | Migration Watch UK
Record levels of international immigration into London and the South East have created a substantial ‘knock on’ effect across much of the southern half of England and in Wales, says a new paper out today from think tank Migrationwatch. The report charts population movements between the regions of the UK over the past ten years […]
The Effect of Immigration on the Regions
Summary1. There has been an extraordinarily rapid change in London’s population over the past ten years. In the period 1993-2002, 606,000 more Londoners moved out of the city than came to it from elsewhere in the UK. In the same period a net 726,000 immigrants arrived in London. 2. The outward migration of Londoners to […]
Poll shows immigration will be at heart of election campaign | Migration Watch UK
A new survey has confirmed that a party’s policy on immigration will play a major role in deciding how people vote in the next general election. A YouGov poll, for think tank Migrationwatch, taken last week shows that 45% agreed, including 21% who strongly agreed, that a party’s policy on immigration would influence their vote […]
Contribution of Immigration to GDP
Summary1. The governments economic justification for the present very large scale immigration has been remarkably sketchy, consisting primarily of two broad claims. One is that, although migrants make up only 8% of the population, they contribute 10% to the UKs Gross Domestic Product (GDP). The other claim, made by the Prime Minister in a speech […]
Overseas Medical Professionals: The Case for Testing for Communicable Diseases
Summary1. There is, at present, no requirement for doctors or nurses from overseas to undergo medical tests in order to join their professional register in the United Kingdom. Yet there has been a very rapid increase in the numbers arriving to work here, including many from countries with high prevalence rates of serious diseases. Compulsory […]
Call for HIV tests for immigrants from Southern Africa | Migration Watch UK
Migrationwatch UK today issued a paper (Read Report) drawing attention to the very large number of HIV infections from three African countries. Last year infections acquired in Zimbabwe, Zambia and Malawi accounted for a quarter of all new cases in the UK. Commenting, Sir Andrew Green, Chairman of Migrationwatch UK, said, “This has gone far […]
Foreign nurse recruitment a red herring. | Migration Watch UK
The Royal College of Nurses claim today that there has been a big increase in the number of nurses leaving Britain for the United States.A report by think-tank MigrationWatch (read report) puts these numbersinto perspective. Admission to the UK Register of Nurses from overseas has roughly trebled from 5,000 in 1997/98 to 15,000 in 2003/4. […]
Two million population increase each decade through immigration | Migration Watch UK
Official forecasts just issued by the Government Actuarys Department suggest that immigration is likely to add at least six million to our population over the next three decades, says a new report from think tank MigrationWatch. Earlier efforts by the government to reduce immigration estimates to make them fit a flawed census have now been […]
MW102 : Government Actuary’s Department 2003-based population projections | Migration Watch UK
1. The Government Actuary’s Department (GAD) has produced, on 30 September 2004, a revised set of population projections based on the estimated population in mid-2003[1]. 2. The projections use previous long-term assumptions about net migration, mortality and fertility. The main change made to previous assumptions is that there is no longer an adjustment for the […]