Migration Cap | Migration Watch UK
By Lord Green of DeddingtonFounding Chairman of Migration Watch UKThe Times, 3rd January, 2017 Sir, David Sapsted seems to be crying “wolf” (Thunderer, Jan. 3). Limitations on recruiting skilled workers from outside the EU have not been as draconian as he suggests. On an annual basis the cap of 20,700 has never been reached although for three months […]
Single market membership means more mass immigration | Migration Watch UK
By Lord Green of DeddingtonChairman of Migration Watch UKConservative Home, 29th December, 2016 The Brexit debate is descending into the technicalities of trade deals. together with a burst of special pleading by employers who have long benefitted from an unlimited supply of cheap labour. Yet there are much wider issues. They are not only about our […]
Scotland’s need for skilled migrant workers
Summary 1. The Scottish Government has claimed that Scotland needs continued free movement of people for EU citizens when the UK leaves the European Union, to deal with a ‘skills gap’.[1] But new analysis of the Labour Force Survey suggests that the proportion of Scotland’s total highly-skilled workforce comprised of EU migrants is roughly similar to […]
Migration Watch UK press release: Divergent immigration rules different parts of the UK would be a recipe for chaos | Migration Watch UK
Implementing different immigration policies for separate parts of the UK would be a recipe for chaos and would risk infuriating the public by undermining efforts to reduce migration. That is the conclusion of a briefing paper being published by Migration Watch UK. The paper also finds that regional immigration schemes would be extremely complex and may distort […]
Migration Watch UK Press Comment on ONS Labour Market Statistics August 2015 | Migration Watch UK
Commenting, Mr Alp Mehmet, Vice Chairman of Migration Watch UK, said: These disappointing figures underline the need to take a strong position on immigration in the Brexit negotiations. Even if net migration was brought down to 265,000 a year the UK population would still be growing at half a million a year, every year for […]
OBR migration ‘black hole’ is highly questionable | Migration Watch UK
The Office for Budget Responsibility assume that, were it not for Brexit, net migration would be 80,000 a year higher for each year in the five year period covered (see Chart 5.6 of the March 2016 Economic and Fiscal Outlook [EFO]). The implication is that, under this scenario there would be 400,000 more migrants in […]
Migration Watch UK press comment on today’s ONS Labour Market Statistics | Migration Watch UK
Commenting, Lord Green of Deddington, Chairman of Migration Watch UK said: “This is yet another large increase in the labour force driven by an increase in foreign workers. That increase amounts to just over a million in three years. In the last year, just over half came from the EU, including 150,000 from Eastern Europe. […]
Migration Watch UK Comment on Points-Based System | Migration Watch UK
A Points-Based System would be hopeless for the UK Commenting, Lord Green of Deddington, Chairman of Migration Watch UK, said: The issue is confidence in the government’s intention to reduce immigration from the EU. This is what the public voted on, not on a particular system. In fact the Prime Minister was right to indicate […]
Migration Watch UK press comment on ONS net migration figures | Migration Watch UK
Commenting, Lord Green of Deddington, Chairman of Migration Watch UK, said: “Unfortunately, these figures show no progress in reducing net migration from the record level of one third of a million a year. The referendum result demonstrated public concern about the scale of immigration. It simply cannot be allowed to continue. The Brexit negotiations must achieve […]
Migration Watch UK Press Comment on the ONS Labour Market Statistics | Migration Watch UK
Commenting, Lord Green of Deddington, Chairman of Migration Watch UK, said: “These figures represent a milestone in EU migration to Britain. We now have over one million workers who were born in the EU8 countries of Eastern Europe, nearly a million from the EU14 and already a quarter of a million from Romania and Bulgaria. […]