MW161 : Neither Labour nor Conservatives will stop the population hitting 70m | Migration Watch UK
– To stop the UK’s population hitting 70 million, net migration – the number who settle here minus those who leave – would need to be reduced by 75% from the present level of 237,000 a year.– To hold our population at 65million we need to bring net migration down close to zero.– On the […]
Major Parties Help Fringe Groups With Their Silence On Immigration | Migration Watch UK
Immigration largely ignored in main manifestos The three main parties are once again ignoring widespread public concern about the number of immigrants allowed into the UK in their manifestos for next week’s European elections. An analysis of the parties’ manifestos on this highly sensitive issue – consistently rated among the top three concerns of the […]
Further Submission to the House of Lords Select Committee on Economic Affairs
Supplementary evidence from MigrationwatchIntroduction1. The government have self evidently lost control of our borders. They have also, by their own policy decisions, stimulated massive levels of immigration. Over the past five years they have produced a series of highly questionable economic arguments (Annex A). The Committee’s enquiry has now obliged them to state their case […]
Submission to the House of Lords Select Committee on Economic Affairs on ‘The Economic Impact of Immigration’
Summary 1. There are two central questions: (a) What is the impact of immigration on our population and quality of life?(b) Why do we need a higher population? This paper suggests that the economic benefits of mass immigration are small while the social costs are high. Number and characteristics of recent immigrants 2. Net immigration […]
Election outcome could be determined by ‘non-citizens’ | Migration Watch UK
The result of a close election, whether local or national, might well be affected by nearly 1 million non – British citizens from the Commonwealth currently resident in the UK who, in a hang-over from the past, have the right to vote here, says a new report out today. Furthermore there are no checks on […]
Immigration and the UK Voting System
Summary 1. The right of all Commonwealth citizens to vote in all British elections is an anachronism that should be removed. It devalues the concept of citizenship which the government is seeking to encourage. Further, it could now enfranchise approximately a million non-British citizens, thus having a significant impact on the outcome of a close […]
Public ‘Don’t believe’ Government on Immigration | Migration Watch UK
The public overwhelmingly believe the Government has lost control of immigration and that they are not honest and open about its scale according to a new survey out today. In the YouGov survey, for think tank Migrationwatch, only 4% of those polled thought the Government was in control of immigration while a massive 82% disagreed […]
Minister admits that immigration is of little benefit to Britons | Migration Watch UK
The government have admitted in the House of Commons that immigration is of little benefit to the British public. Their own figures show a minimal contribution to GDP per head. (Read report). Commenting, Sir Andrew Green, Chairman of MigrationwatchUK, said “Ms Ryan has let the cat out of the bag. The government’s claims about the economic […]
House of commons select committee on constitutional affairs
1 On 21 March Mr Justice Hodge (Sir Henry Hodge), President of the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal (AIT) and Mr Justice Collins (Sir Andrew Collins), lead judge in the Administrative Court and former President of the now defunct Immigration Appeal Tribunal, gave evidence before this committee. The evidence given by these same two judges aroused […]
One size fits all’ wrong policy for UK migration | Migration Watch UK
The ‘one size fits all’ nature of proposals for a common European economic migration policy would remove Britain’s ability to manage its own affairs in its own interests. This is one of the key messages to come from the evidence being presented by think-tank Migrationwatch today to the House of Lords Select Committee, ‘Inquiry into […]