One In, Fifteen More In: Britain’s Chain Migration Crisis
Home Office figures released this week show chain migration stemming from the disastrous care worker visa (a major component of the so-called “Boriswave”, the surge in migration as a result of former Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s immigration policies) remains a serious problem.
Canada’s Cautionary Tale
We learn this week the Home Secretary, Shabana Mahmood, has plans to let community groups, universities and other organisations sponsor refugees to settle in Britain. This would be in addition to the existing direct “resettlement routes” which have already allowed over 360,000 asylum seekers to travel to Britain via so-called safe and legal routes since 2005.
The Ever Changing Burnham Mindset Or Just The Same Old Burnham?
On the key issues of immigration and accelerating demographic change, what does Mr Burnham have in mind?
Demography is Destiny
The children filling classrooms in 2026 will be the voters, workers and parents of the 2060s. The latest statistics from the Department for Education show a country being remade from the bottom up. White British pupils now account for less than 60% of the state-school population, down from around 70% in the 2010s and roughly 90% in the 1990s.
The Death of Henry Nowak
Much has been written and said about the tragic murder of young Henry Nowak and the sentencing of his killer, Vickrum Digwa, by politicians such as Kemi Badenoch, Nigel Farage, Nick Timothy, and Lord Frost. The brilliant Douglas Murray also devoted his column in The Spectator to Henry Nowak. I agree with all of them, as, I am sure, does the majority of the British public.
22nd May 2026: New Polling from Migration Watch Shows Extent of Political Betrayal on Demographic Change
When Migration Watch was founded in 2001, the prevailing orthodoxy in Westminster was that mass immigration was an unalloyed good: economically beneficial, culturally enriching, and even questioning these assumptions marked one as beyond the pale. We set out to change that, armed with rigorous, evidence-based analysis. Over two decades later, positions we once advocated in near-isolation have become the settled consensus of mainstream British politics.
15th May 2026: Where Migration Watch Leads, Others Follow
When Migration Watch was founded in 2001, the prevailing orthodoxy in Westminster was that mass immigration was an unalloyed good: economically beneficial, culturally enriching, and even questioning these assumptions marked one as beyond the pale. We set out to change that, armed with rigorous, evidence-based analysis. Over two decades later, positions we once advocated in near-isolation have become the settled consensus of mainstream British politics.
8th May 2026: Border chief resigns after failing to cut crossings, and Matt Goodwin’s book sparks debate
The total number of illegal migrants to have crossed the English Channel in small boats since the government began counting in 2018 has this week passed 200,000 – a population the size of York or Norwich. Of those ~200,000, just 7,612 have been deported, or about 4%.
May 1st 2026: ONS warns of rampant population growth, and leading research body publishes draft bill for ECHR withdrawal
The ONS published its 2024-based National Population Projections this week, confirming what Migration Watch has warned for nearly two decades: without a change in policy, the UK’s population will surge past 70 million by the mid 2030s, driven entirely by migration.
April 24th 2026: Reform UK pledges to review asylum grants, and Sir Keir Starmer hands over more taxpayer cash to France for yet another small boats “deal”
This week, Reform UK announced plans to review all asylum grants made in the past five years should the party win the next general election. Around 400,000 people who entered illegally, overstayed visas, or came from countries now deemed safe would be stripped of their status and deported.