Report Proposes Payment for ID cards… | Migration Watch UK
People could be paid to have an ID card under proposals put forward in a paper published today by think-tank Migrationwatch. The paper, written by an IT expert with experience of designing and implementing complex computer systems, proposes a ‘virtual card’, in that there would be no need to carry it, nor would it be compulsory. After […]
Immigration Appeal System now ‘A Soft Touch’… | Migration Watch UK
Fears that the appeal system has become a ‘soft touch’ have been expressed after an analysis of Government figures on asylum appeals showed a four-fold increase in six years. ‘This is a huge rise in a short time for which no Government explanation has been forthcoming,’ said Sir Andrew Green, chairman of Migrationwatch. ‘Once again […]
MW33 : The impact on immigration of the EU expansion to Eastern Europe | Migration Watch UK
Summary1. The Home Office estimate of between 5,000 and 13,000 immigrants per year from the new Eastern European members of the EU fails to take account of the new circumstances. It is even lower than the number (20,000) who attempted to enter Britain in 2001. All such estimates come down to guesswork but 40,000 a […]
Health Consequences of Current Immigration Policy
Summary1 The Government has commissioned an urgent review of the issues surrounding immigration and health screening. This paper underlines the likely scale of certain infectious diseases resulting from the flow of migrants into the UK, some of them from countries of high prevalence. The number of cases could run into tens of thousands and the […]
Immigration estimates increased by 37% | Migration Watch UK
The Office for National Statistics has released new estimates for international migration which show an increase in migration into the UK for 2001 to 171,800. This is an increase of 37 % over the previous estimate of 125,000. For 1997 the new estimate is 46,800. The revised estimates give net foreign non EU inward migration […]
A Review of Exceptional Leave to Remain and Humanitarian Protection
Summary1.On 1 April 2003 the Minister for Citizenship and Immigration (Beverley Hughes) outlined the results of the review of the use and scope of exceptional leave “to focus on those who really need special humanitarian protection but do not qualify as refugee”[1] . The review was established by the Home Secretary in October 2002 and at […]
MW106 : Immigration: Will it increase or decrease? | Migration Watch UK
Summary 1. The government are seeking to downplay their own population forecasts by suggesting that the policy measures they have proposed will cause migration to fall. An examination of the underlying trends and the government’s proposed measures suggests that the forecasts are much more likely to be an underestimate. Detail 2. Recognising public concern at […]
Minister unable to give answer to central question… | Migration Watch UK
In evidence today to the Home Affairs Select Committee, Beverley Hughes, the Minister in charge of asylum and immigration, was unable to say how many asylum seekers remained in Britain after being refused permission to stay here over the past five years. ‘Our estimate is that they number approaching 250,000,’ said Sir Andrew Green, Chairman […]
Advertisement launches fund raising push for migration watchdog… | Migration Watch UK
Think tank Migrationwatch has launched a public appeal for funds to improve its ability to continue making the case for a rational UK asylum and immigration policy. Formed a year ago the voluntary organisation, led by a former British Ambassador, has stimulated a public debate and robustly challenged the views of the multi million pound […]
Entitlement cards now urgent priority | Migration Watch UK
The chaos in the asylum and immigration system and the potential for widespread misuse of public services makes the introduction of entitlement cards an urgent priority. That is the view of independent think-tank MigrationwatchUK in their submission to the Government’s consultation exercise on entitlement cards. (Click here for the full text of the submission). ‘Astounding as […]