The impact of immigration on population growth | Migration Watch UK
Contribution of immigration to UK population growth seriously underestimated Over 80% of recent UK population increase due to immigration In the longer term all population growth is likely to be due to immigration New calculations by Migration Watch UK in a paper published today show that net migration has accounted for about 84% of the UK’s population […]
Opinion Poll Results on Immigration
Public opinion is firmly behind the government’s efforts to reduce net migration. The public recognise the benefits of controlled immigration especially in particular fields but, for many years, have shown strong opposition to mass immigration and have long wished to see net migration reduced to more sensible levels. Below is a summary of public opinion […]
Migration Watch UK Press Comment on CReAM’s revised report ‘The Fiscal Effects of Immigration to the UK’ | Migration Watch UK
1. CReAM have now published a revised version of their paper first put out in November 2013 on the Fiscal effects of immigration to the UK. The original CReAM paper was given extensive media coverage and flourished as conclusive proof that immigration was a fiscal benefit to the UK, and that migrants contributed more in […]
MW343 : Immigration Act 2014 Rights of Appeal | Migration Watch UK
1 Hitherto rights of appeal against adverse Home Office decisions on immigration claims were set out in section 82 of the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002 and a right of appeal against refusal of asylum claims was set out in section 83 of the Act. Section 82 listed 14 different decisions including refusal of […]
Immigration is Driving Londoners Out of Their Capital | Migration Watch UK
Over the next 15 years more than half a million new homes will have to be built in London as the capital’s immigrant population is expected to soar by over a million. Even this massive building project is based on the assumption that one million Londoners will leave for other parts of Britain during that […]
Migration Watch UK Press Comment on Romanian and Bulgarian Labour Migration | Migration Watch UK
Commenting on the figures released in today’s Labour Force Survey, Sir Andrew Green, Chairman of Migration Watch UK, said: “A 13,000 increase in the number of Romanian and Bulgarian workers compared to the same quarter last year is significant, especially as transitional controls were still in place for the first half of the year. Once dependants are factored in it […]
Press Comment on Mid Year Population Estimates – June 2014 | Migration Watch UK
Migration Watch UK comment on the latest population estimates The UK population grew by 400,000 between mid-2012 and mid-2013, just under half of which is the direct result of net migration. Just over half of the increase was the result of more births than deaths however other statistics show that over a quarter of births […]
Migration Watch UK Press Comment on the latest Immigration Statistics, August 2014 | Migration Watch UK
Migration Watch UK Press Comment on the latest Immigration Statistics Commenting Sir Andrew Green, Chairman of Migration Watch UK, said: “These new figures confirm that migration from the EU has blown the government off course in meeting its overall target. In particular we note that the number of new NINOs issued to Romania and Bulgarian […]
Migration Watch UK Press Comment on ONS Labour Market Statistics release of Employment data | Migration Watch UK
Commenting, Sir Andrew Green, Chairman of Migration Watch UK, said: “Quarterly statistics fluctuate but these figures show an increase of 28,000 Romanians and Bulgarians in employment compared to the same period last year. Most of this has occurred when transitional controls were still in place making it likely that there will be an increase in […]
A summary history of immigration to Britain
NB Please see an updated briefing on the topics discussed in this paper by clicking this link: ‘The History of Immigration to the UK‘ 1. Introduction 1.1 There have always been episodes of migration to Britain but, as this paper demonstrates, those episodes were small and demographically insignificant until the Second World War. A study […]