Small boat arrivals in possession of a passport
1. Just 2% of the thousands who have made their way to the UK illegally in small boats via the English Channel since 2018 were recorded as being in possession of a passport. 2. New freedom of information data released by the Home Office showed that just 317 people were recorded as being in possession of a […]
Does international maritime law forbid turning back the boats?
1. The Home Secretary has reportedly instructed the Border Force to turn away migrant boats from British waters. The question of whether this is legal often brings in discussion of the interpretation of maritime law. For example, the French government has a divergent interpretation of this compared with the UK, stating that the coastguard is […]
45,000 work permit cap needed in midst of rocketing redundancies
Summary 1. As unemployment rises, sensible policy measures to protect the well-being of UK people are vital. A cap on the central work permit route leading to settlement – set at 45,000 per year – is needed to safeguard UK workers and jobseekers from the very rapid increase in foreign competition that is likely to result from […]
Potential global pool of recruits under new Points-Based System
Issue 1. A key factor determining the practical impact of the new Points-Based System is the size of the pool of eligible workers abroad. Our estimate, using cautious assumptions and based on a range of data sources, is that the pool might contain well over 600 million people. Even the possibility that it is of this […]
The Law on Immigration
1. Immigration law governing the entry and right to remain in the United Kingdom of nationals of countries which are not Member States of the European Economic Area (EEA) is to be found in the following Acts of Parliament and subordinate legislation made under them: Immigration Act 1971Immigration Act 1988Asylum and Immigration Appeals Act 1993Special […]
A unilateral legal guarantee for EU nationals in the UK could only undermine the position of our own citizens living in the EU | Migration Watch UK
A House of Lords amendment to the Article 50 Bill is to be considered in the House of Commons today. If passed, it could severely undermine the Prime Minister’s ability to secure the rights of nearly a million UK citizens living in the European Union. Those campaigning for this amendment deliberately ignore the fact that […]
Migration Watch UK press release on EU court ruling | Migration Watch UK
Commenting on today’s court judgement, Alp Mehmet, Vice-Chairman of Migration Watch UK said: “The problem is not “benefit tourism”. We do not believe that the bulk of EU workers are coming for the benefits. Our concern is that much higher wages in the UK than in Eastern Europe, topped up for married workers by in-work […]
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 […]
MW363 : Article 8 of the Human Rights Convention – A Russian Case | Migration Watch UK
The starting point of this paper is a recent decision of the European Court of Human Rights Muradeli v. Russia [1] ECHR 368. There is something mildly reassuring about finding out that in spite of the current view of Putin’s Russia as a by no means benign dictatorship in a not very convincing democratic disguise, the country remains […]
MW352 : More Legislation? | Migration Watch UK
1 The final report of John Vine, the recently retired Chief Immigration Inspector, published at the end of 2014, notes that British citizenship has been granted to many applicants for naturalisation without proper checks being made. In some cases citizenship has been granted to illegal immigrants and in others grants have been made to people […]