Migration Watch UK press comment on NIESR report regarding impact of lower migration to the UK | Migration Watch UK
Commenting, Lord Green of Deddington, Chairman of Migration Watch UK, said: “This is an important piece of work from a significant institution. What it shows is that the economic benefits of continued mass immigration are trivial when set against the wider costs of an extra population of the order of just under four million. Specifically, […]
Migration Watch UK press comment on ONS sub-national population projections for England | Migration Watch UK
Commenting, Mr Alp Mehmet, Vice Chairman of Migration Watch UK, said: “The population of England is projected to grow by 4.1 million over the next 10 years, the majority of which is down to the effects of international migration. The country is already facing a housing crisis and there is huge pressure on GP services. […]
National Insurance Numbers and Immigration figures for Eastern Europeans
Summary 1. Official figures for Eastern European net migration could have been underestimated by more than 50,000 a year in each of the last five years. If so, this would mean that net migration from the EU is actually running at about 220,000 year and that the EU is now the largest source of foreign […]
MW361 : Recent polls on immigration | Migration Watch UK
1. Concern about Immigration… 2. Government Policy… 4. Population and Overcrowding… 5. Positive Aspects… 6. The Impact on Services… 7. The Impact on Jobs… 8. Integration… 9. On the EU Referendum Footnotes
Migration Watch UK Comment on Migration Advisory Committee’s report on the shortage occupation list and nurses | Migration Watch UK
Commenting, Mr Alp Mehmet, Vice Chairman of Migration Watch UK, said: “This report confirms all that we have been saying. The need for foreign nurses is a clear result of the disgraceful failure of governments to train the nurses we need. We keep being told that the NHS would collapse without immigration. The truth is that […]
Summary Fact Sheet
1. Projected Population Growth Projected Population Growth by Country (Millions) 2014 2019 2024 2029 2034 2039 England 54.3 56.7 59.1 61.3 62.9 65.2 Wales 3.1 3.2 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.4 Scotland 5.3 5.5 5.6 5.7 5.9 6.0 N. Ireland 1.8 1.9 2.0 2.1 2.1 2.2 United Kingdom 64.6 67.8 69.9 72.4 74.7 76.8 Source: ONS, […]
MW358 : Key Points on Population Growth | Migration Watch UK
Updated 19 March, 2016 Footnotes
Migration Watch UK press statement on ONS net migration figures | Migration Watch UK
Commenting on the ONS net migration figures, Lord Green of Deddington, Chairman of Migration Watch UK, said: Today’s figures show that there is no sign of any let up in the severe pressures of immigration on the UK. Unless a sharp reduction in immigration can be achieved we will face a continued rapid rise in […]
Emergency brake’ will have little or no effect | Migration Watch UK
The ’emergency brake’ on in-work benefits, announced as part of last week’s renegotiation deal, will have little or no effect on net EU migration. That is the conclusion of a new Migration Watch UK report. Migration Watch UK research has found that 50 per cent of those who have arrived in the past four years […]
Migration Watch UK Press Comment on ONS Labour Market Statistics February 2016 | Migration Watch UK
Commenting on the Labour Market Statistics released today by the Office for National Statistics, Mr Alp Mehmet, Vice-Chairman of Migration Watch UK, said: “Around half of the increase in the number of people in work is accounted for by foreign nationals, over 200,000 of whom are from the EU. It is vitally important that the […]