Migration Watch UK Press Comment on Labour Market Statistics | Migration Watch UK
Commenting on today’s Labour Market Statistics, Alp Mehmet, Vice-Chairman of Migration Watch UK said: “Ten years after accession we still find very large numbers of workers arriving from Eastern Europe, mainly to work in low paid jobs. This puts growing pressure on wages and housing. It simply cannot be allowed to continue.“
Huge impact of immigration on the demand for housing | Migration Watch UK
Nearly two thirds of additional households since 1997 headed by an immigrant The impact of immigration on the demand for housing in the UK is much greater than the public realise. That is the thrust of a paper issued by Migration Watch today. Nearly two thirds of the households formed in the United Kingdom since […]
Migration Watch UK Press Comment on the UKIP and Liberal Democrat Manifesto Launches | Migration Watch UK
Commenting on UKIP’s manifesto launch, Lord Green of Deddington, Chairman of Migration Watch UK, said: “These proposals are dependent on the UK leaving the EU. Were that to happen following a referendum, these are broadly sensible proposals.“ And on the Liberal Democrat’s manifesto launch: “These proposals on immigration are fairly harmless but they completely duck […]
Migration Watch UK Press Comment on Conservative Manifesto Launch | Migration Watch UK
“It is important that the Conservatives have retained their intention to reduce net migration to the tens of thousands and set out some clear policies to help achieve that. This is welcome news.“
Migration Watch UK Press Comment on Labour Manifesto launch | Migration Watch UK
Commenting, Lord Green of Deddington, Chairman of Migration Watch UK, said: “There is nothing particularly wrong with these suggestions but nor is there anything that will have any significant effect in reducing mass immigration.“
The SNP and Immigration – An open door to England? | Migration Watch UK
Labour concessions to the SNP on immigration would destroy any effective immigration control for England – that is the conclusion of a Migration Watch UK report released today. With opinion polls pointing to a landslide victory for the SNP in Scotland but a hung Parliament nationally, the SNP’s leaders are already boasting about the concessions they plan […]
Tighter immigration controls will not deter BME voters | Migration Watch UK
Tighter immigration controls do not deter voters from an ethnic minority background but the tone of the debate must be right, that is the conclusion of a Migration Watch UK report released today. With the election just around the corner the immigration industry, including a new lobby group called ‘Bright Blue’, claim that the Conservatives […]
Migration Watch UK Press Comment on UKIP’s immigration policy | Migration Watch UK
Commenting on UKIP’s immigration policy, Mr Alp Mehmet, Vice-Chairman of Migration Watch UK said: “The objective of getting back to a sensible level of immigration is absolutely right but a Points Based System is an ineffective means of achieving this.” See our paper on the Points Based System here: http://www.migrationwatchuk.org/briefing-paper/11.33
Migration Watch UK Press Release on Labour’s Immigration Record | Migration Watch UK
In the aftermath of last week’s very disappointing migration statistics, a survey of immigration policy under Labour was issued by Migration Watch UK today. The outcome of that policy was quite clearly mass immigration. Net foreign migration during the 13 years of Labour government between 1997 and 2010 was 3.6 million. This is four times higher […]
Migration Watch UK Press Comment – Household Projections for England ignore the impact of immigration? | Migration Watch UK
Statement from Migration Watch Vice Chairman, Alp Mehmet: “The Department of Communities and Local Government has today published its household projections for England out to 2037 in which they state that future increases in households will come overwhelmingly from population growth, with an extra 5.2 million households by 2037; an increase of 4,000 households per […]