Migration Watch UK Press Release on UK Immigration Policy outside the EU | Migration Watch UK
British exit from the EU could reduce net migration by 100,000 Migration Watch UK has today issued a report examining for the first time what a post “Brexit” immigration regime might look like and estimating its likely effect on net migration to the UK. The report does not advocate either exit from or remaining in […]
Migration Advisory Committee’s recommendations on Tier 2 Visas | Migration Watch UK
Alp Mehmet, Vice Chair of Migration Watch UK, said: The Migration Advisory Committee report is a carefully worked-out analysis with serious recommendations. We welcome proposals targeted at how best to prioritise the skills that migrants bring to the UK. It is also crucial to address potential disincentives to the training of the domestic workforce. As […]
Migration Watch Uk Comment on Civitas Pamphlet on Immigration | Migration Watch UK
This authoritative report from Professor Rowthorn, Emeritus Professor of Economics at the University of Cambridge, concludes that there is no economic argument, or indeed any other argument for mass immigration on the present scale, currently a third of a million per year. Commenting, Lord Green of Deddington, Chairman of Migration Watch UK said: This landmark […]
Migration Watch UK Press Release on Latest Immigration Statistics | Migration Watch UK
The latest Immigration Statistics released by the Office for National Statistics show that net migration to the UK in the year ending June 2015 was 336,000. Commenting, Alp Mehmet, Vice Chairman of Migration Watch UK said: “These are very disappointing figures, net migration is running at a third of a million a year with no […]
Migration Watch UK Comment On ONS Population Projections | Migration Watch UK
Commenting on today’s population projections from the ONS “These projections confirm that our population will increase by more than twice the population of Birmingham in the next five years, as we have been saying. The prospect of nearly 10 million in 25 years underlines the huge impact on housing and public services, unless the government […]
Migration Watch UK Press Comment on ONS Net Migration Statistics August 2015 | Migration Watch UK
Responding to today’s net migration figures, Lord Green of Deddington, Chairman of Migration Watch UK, said: “Net migration at one third of a million a year is clearly unsustainable. Nearly half of the inflow is now from the EU, including 50,000 from Romania and Bulgaria as we have long predicted. This underlines the need for […]
Migration Watch UK Press Comment on ONS Labour Market Statistics August 2015
Commenting on the figures, Lord Green of Deddington, Chairman of Migration Watch UK said: The number of EU workers has now topped 2 million for the first time and over one million of these are from Eastern Europe. Clearly the government is going to have to get a grip of EU migration if it wants […]
MW369 : Fast Track Rules Judicial Review | Migration Watch UK
Rules regulating the hearing of appeals by the First Tier Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) were made under section 22 of the Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007 in October 2014. They include the Fast Track Rules (FTR) which regulate the procedure for the conduct of certain appeals against refusal of asylum applications by the […]
Migration Watch UK Press Comment on ONS Population Estimate
The UK population grew by almost half a million people between mid 2013 and mid 2014. The majority of this increase was directly down to international migration and in addition one quarter of all births were to non-UK born mothers. Commenting, Lord Green of Deddington, Chairman of Migration Watch UK said: A population increase at […]
Migration Watch UK Press Comment on ONS Net Migration Statistics | Migration Watch UK
Responding to today’s net migration figures, Lord Green of Deddington, Chairman of Migration Watch UK, said: “The latest figures are appalling. We need to stop and think where this mass immigration is leading. It points to a probable increase of three million in the UK population over the next five years in the face of […]