MigrationWatch response to Home Secretary’s statement in the House of Commons re 10 accession countries joining EU in May. | Migration Watch UK
We welcome the measures to tighten up the benefit system which are long overdue. We do not believe the registrations scheme is enforceable any more than the work permit scheme has been. But the real weakness appears to be that the Government has no policy as to how many people we want on this overcrowded […]
Figures forecast huge rise in UK population… | Migration Watch UK
Latest Government population projections reveal that the UK population could well grow by the equivalent of seven cities the size of Birmingham over the next three decades. 4.4 million (63%) of the seven million population increase will result from immigration. In an analysis of the Variant Population Projections issued by the Government Actuary’s Department last […]
Inside the Home Office
The full text of Stephen Moxon’s affidavit to the Sunday Times is below. It is an authentic and considered account which, for the first time, reveals the true state of affairs in the Immigration and Nationality Department of the Home Office. The government have accepted that his account is broadly correct. The following is the […]
MigrationWatch win first public debate on immigration… | Migration Watch UK
The first public debate on immigration resulted in a decisive rejection of the motion that “Britain needs more immigrants”. A vote taken before the debate began showed a majority for the motion of 44 with 115 abstentions. At the end of the debate this was reversed. The motion was defeated by 98 votes with 33 […]
Government claim over Scottish migration challenged | Migration Watch UK
The Home Secretary’s case that Scotland, with its skills gaps and ageing population, is a reason why the United Kingdom needs large-scale inwards migration has been challenged in a paper from Migrationwatch. The paper says it is unclear why a low birth rate and loss of population in a relatively small part of the United […]
MW119 : Migration into Scotland | Migration Watch UK
Summary 1. The Home Secretary has recently cited Scotland , with its skills gaps and ageing population, as a reason why the United Kingdom needs large-scale inwards migration. But it is unclear why a low birth rate and loss of population in a relatively small part of the United Kingdom with only 8.5% of its […]
The government was today accused of issuing a “dodgy dossier” on the economic contribution of immigrants. | Migration Watch UK
The paper, from think-tank Migrationwatch, shows that the basic premise on which the Home Secretary is basing his case for massive immigration is highly suspect. Mr Blunkett claims that immigrants contribute a net £2.5 billion more in tax than they cost in benefits. The Migrationwatch paper challenges this. Read Report Said Sir Andrew Green, chairman of […]
Credibility of Government immigration figures challenged | Migration Watch UK
The credibility of the Government’s immigration statistics and the use made of them has been questioned in two reports out today from think-tank MigrationWatch. The first report concerns the population statistics issued by the Government on December 18 which the organisation accusesthem of ‘manipulating.’ ‘There has been a consistent pattern of downward manipulation of the projections […]
MW99 : 2003 Population Projections | Migration Watch UK
Summary1.The Government announced their revised population projections on the 18 th December. For migration the long-term assumption is that there will be a net increase in the population each year of 103,000 people. 2.Over the last few years the population projections have consistently underestimated the actual, officially stated levels of net migration as published each […]
Non British immigration more than doubled in the last six years | Migration Watch UK
Since 1997 the number of non British immigrants who have cometo Britain has more than doubled to reach nearly a quarter of a millionin 2002. The latest figures from the Office of National Statistics for the year 2002, out today, reveal that net non British immigration has now reached 245,000, roughly equivalent to the city […]