Comment on Conservative Manifesto | Migration Watch UK
Commenting on the proposals on immigration in the Conservative manifesto, Migrationwatch chairman, Sir Andrew Green said today: ‘This is a very significant turning point in the crucial debate on immigration, which is of huge concern to the public. At last we have a manifesto that sets out, for the first time, an overall objective for net […]
Immigration: Now it’s the Foreign Secretary Who Get’s His Facts Seriously Wrong | Migration Watch UK
No sooner has the PM had his knuckles wrapped by the Statistics Authority for using misleading statistics on immigration, than his Foreign Secretary does the same on Radio 5 Live. In an interview at 8.40 a.m. this morning on the Five Live Breakfast Show, David Miliband said: “One point that is very often not understood […]
Prime Minister gets it wrong on immigration – again | Migration Watch UK
In his speech on immigration on 31 March, the Prime Minister attacked “those who propose a quota” on immigration. He claimed that it was unworkable and quoted from an IPPR paper to support his case. In fact nobody is calling for a quota on immigration. He was, presumably, confusing an overall policy objective for net […]
Prime Minister gets his facts wrong on immigration | Migration Watch UK
In his pod cast on Friday 26 March, the Prime Minister said “Some people talk as if net inward migration is rising. In fact, it is falling – down from 237,000 in 2007, to 163,000 in 2008, to provisional figures of 147,000 last year”. The first two figures refer to Long Term Immigration and are […]
Lib Dems Talk Tough on Immigration – But Their Actual Policies Would be “Disastrous” | Migration Watch UK
The Liberal Democrats immigration policy sounds tough but, in reality, is no better than the government’s “open door immigration policy” that has seen the biggest wave of immigration in our history, says a new report The policy was the first of the major parties to be scrutinised in detail by think-tank Migrationwatch as the parties set […]
MW184 : LIBERAL DEMOCRAT IMMIGRATION POLICY | Migration Watch UK
Summary1 Tough rhetoric about “control” seems designed to distract attention from the absence of limits of any kind. Introduction2 Liberal Democrat policy on immigration has three main strands : [1]a) Emphasis on “control”b) A scheme for directing immigration to some regionsc) Support for illegal immigrants to be allowed to “earn regularisation”. Control3 There is strong […]
Labour’s mass immigration policy was politically inspired | Migration Watch UK
The massive increase in immigration under Labour was a deliberate policy undertaken for “social” as well as economic reasons. This is the conclusion of a study by Migrationwatch of documents obtained under the Freedom of Information Act. In an article for the Evening Standard last October, Andrew Neather, a former speech writer for Blair, Straw […]
Immigration curbs could have a decisive impact on the election result. Second only to the economy in key marginals. | Migration Watch UK
The extent to which immigration is likely to play a decisive role in the forthcoming election is spelled out in a new poll published today. The poll, conducted by YouGovfor Migrationwatch, was held in the vital 57 “marginal” seats which the Conservatives must win to gain a reasonable working majority; 43 are Labour held and 14 […]
Labour Concealed a shift in immigration policy | Migration Watch UK
In Parliament today the Immigration Minister denied that there had been any change in immigration policy in 2001 nor, therefore, any political motive. However, there is clear evidence of a Labour shift in immigration policy in 2001-2 which was concealed from the public at the time, according to the attached Briefing Paper by think tank Migrationwatch. Commenting, […]
MW167 : Did Labour conceal a change in immigration policy? | Migration Watch UK
Introduction 1 Speaking in response to an emergency question in Parliament today, the Minister for Immigration claimed that: – The Labour Government had inherited a pattern of immigration from their predecessors– There was no evidence of a change in immigration policy by Labour in the period 1997-2001 and, therefore, no concealed political motive. Both claims […]