MW345 : The impact of immigration on population growth | Migration Watch UK
Summary Note: The calculation in this paper has been updated for the period 2001-2016 in our August 2018 paper, ‘Impact of immigration UK population growth’. This research estimates that 82% of UK population growth between 2001 and 2016 was due to the arrival of migrants, their children and their subsequent children born in the UK. 1. […]
Migration Watch UK Press Comment on CReAM’s revised report ‘The Fiscal Effects of Immigration to the UK’ | Migration Watch UK
1. CReAM have now published a revised version of their paper first put out in November 2013 on the Fiscal effects of immigration to the UK. The original CReAM paper was given extensive media coverage and flourished as conclusive proof that immigration was a fiscal benefit to the UK, and that migrants contributed more in […]
Peerage Conferred on Migration Watch UK Chairman Sir Andrew Green | Migration Watch UK
We were delighted at Migration Watch UK to learn of our Chairman Sir Andrew Green’s elevation to the Lords. It is a non-party appointment and he intends to sit on the cross-benches. After a long and distinguished public service career, Sir Andrew co-founded Migration Watch UK together with Prof David Coleman in 2001, since when […]
Immigration is Driving Londoners Out of Their Capital | Migration Watch UK
Over the next 15 years more than half a million new homes will have to be built in London as the capital’s immigrant population is expected to soar by over a million. Even this massive building project is based on the assumption that one million Londoners will leave for other parts of Britain during that […]
Migration Watch UK Press Comment on Huge Rise in A8 Employment | Migration Watch UK
Commenting on the figures, Sir Andrew Green, Chairman of Migration Watch UK said: “This is the sharpest increase in A8 migration since the boom year of 2007. The fact that it has occurred despite measures to restrict benefits underlines the need for Britain to renegotiate with the EU about the terms of free movement of […]
Migration Watch UK Press Comment on Romanian and Bulgarian Labour Migration | Migration Watch UK
Commenting on the figures released in today’s Labour Force Survey, Sir Andrew Green, Chairman of Migration Watch UK, said: “A 13,000 increase in the number of Romanian and Bulgarian workers compared to the same quarter last year is significant, especially as transitional controls were still in place for the first half of the year. Once dependants are factored in it […]
Migration Watch UK Press Comment on the Migration Advisory Committee’s report, ‘Migrants in Low Skilled Work’ | Migration Watch UK
Migration Watch UK Press Comment on the Migration Advisory Committee’s report, ‘Migrants in Low Skilled Work’, released today. Commenting on the report Sir Andrew Green, Chairman of Migration Watch UK, said: “This is a remarkably comprehensive report. It finds that the impact of low skilled immigration on both GDP per head and productivity is “tiny”. […]
Press Comment on Mid Year Population Estimates – June 2014 | Migration Watch UK
Migration Watch UK comment on the latest population estimates The UK population grew by 400,000 between mid-2012 and mid-2013, just under half of which is the direct result of net migration. Just over half of the increase was the result of more births than deaths however other statistics show that over a quarter of births […]
MW333 : International Students – A Guide to Visa Conditions across the English Speaking World | Migration Watch UK
In 2012 the Home Secretary announced her plans to tighten some aspects of the student visa system, mainly below graduate level. The Australian, American and Canadian governments have also recently reviewed their student regimes. This note compares the outcomes and demonstrates that the UK is internationally competitive. Fuller details are at Annex A. UK Australia […]
Migration Watch UK Press Comment on ONS Labour Market Statistics release of Employment data | Migration Watch UK
Commenting, Sir Andrew Green, Chairman of Migration Watch UK, said: “Quarterly statistics fluctuate but these figures show an increase of 28,000 Romanians and Bulgarians in employment compared to the same period last year. Most of this has occurred when transitional controls were still in place making it likely that there will be an increase in […]