Both Conservatives and Labour; the public on immigration. New research shows neither party will stop UK population hitting 70 million
As the latest immigration Bill comes to the House of Commons on Tuesday for its final approval, new research published today shows that the immigration policies of neither the Conservative Party nor the Labour Party will stop the UK’s population hitting 70 million – up from 61 million today. The official forecast is that, in […]
Migration Watch UK Press Comment on ONS Population Overview | Migration Watch UK
The ONS has this morning released an overview of the UK population which finds that the direct effect of immigration has been to add an average of 250,000 to our population each year since 2004. However, this takes no account of the indirect effect of immigration, as migrants also have children. As the ONS figures […]
Students have added 200,000 to the permanent population in the last seven years | Migration Watch UK
The House of Lords Economic Affairs Committee has called on the government to improve the statistics on the number of students who leave the country and then for them to be removed from net migration ‘for public policy purposes’. This is despite the fact that a report issued today by Migration Watch UK reveals that […]
‘Soft’ Brexit would mean continued massive levels of immigration
A ‘soft’ Brexit means in practice that the UK would remain in the Single Market; and net immigration from the EU would stay at well over 100,000 a year for at least a decade. This would mean our having to build the equivalent of a city the size of Birmingham every two years. That is […]
A temporary Norway-style Brexit risks permanent loss of control of our borders
By Lord Green of DeddingtonChairman of Migration Watch UKBrexit Central, 14 July, 2017 Labour MP Stephen Kinnock made news in the last few days with his claim that he was in conversation with around 15 Conservative MPs about a transitional arrangement which he believes should involve EEA membership. Enough support, of course, potentially to threaten a […]
Migration Watch UK press comment – UK’s offer on EU citizens’ status post-Brexit | Migration Watch UK
Commenting, Lord Green of Deddington, Chairman of Migration Watch UK, said: This is a very generous offer that fully respects the reasonable demands of EU citizens who have made their lives here. Despite previous scaremongering, no one will be asked to go home. “Clearly there needs to be some form of judicial oversight of the […]
Migration Watch UK press comment on ONS population estimates for mid-2016 | Migration Watch UK
Commenting, Lord Green of Deddington, Chairman of Migration Watch UK, said: “This record rise in our population is very largely the result of massive levels of immigration which accounted for nearly two-thirds of the increase. We are now at a turning point. The Brexit negotiations must achieve a substantial reduction in EU migration. Failing that we will have […]
EU Commission’s demands for EU Citizens after Brexit clearly unacceptable | Migration Watch UK
Migration Watch UK have today issued a paper (MW 412 – Brexit: Preserving the Rights of EU Citizens in the UK) analysing the European Commission’s Negotiating Directives for the protection of the rights of EU citizens after the UK’s withdrawal. It finds that a number of their demands are clearly unacceptable. Four demands stand out: […]
Migration Watch UK press comment on leaked Labour document on immigration | Migration Watch UK
Commenting, Lord Green of Deddington, Chairman of Migration Watch UK, said: “We have been here before. Labour are low key about immigration before they get into power but very different in office. The last time they came to power in 1997 they also promised to reform the system. Within three years immigration had trebled from […]
EU demands on Citizens’ Rights are absurdly inflated | Migration Watch UK
There is widespread agreement in Britain that the rights of EU citizens in the UK and British citizens in the EU should be protected. However, the Working Paper published in Brussels for consideration today by the Council Working Party on the Brexit negotiations contains a thoroughly unreasonable set of demands. The agreement would, in effect, […]