Assessment of Labour and Conservative manifestos on immigration | Migration Watch UK
Now that the last immigration statistics before the election have been issued, Migration Watch UK have today published their assessment of the immigration sections of the Labour and Conservative manifestos. The Labour manifesto makes no commitment to reduce immigration. The emphasis is on unspecified reforms intended to make the system “fair” so that it “works for the […]
Migration Watch UK press comment on today’s ONS net migration figures
Commenting on the release of the ONS Net Migration Statistics, Mr Alp Mehmet, Vice Chairman of Migration Watch UK, said: This reduction in net migration is welcome but it is still running at a quarter of a million a year – a level that would have once have been dismissed as incredible. This means, broadly, […]
Would proposals to reduce net migration really cost the taxpayer £6bn? | Migration Watch UK
Claims that reaching the immigration target will bring a heavy cost to the Exchequer are simply wrong. They are based on unrealistic assumptions that do not reflect the actual policies envisaged. That is the conclusion of a paper issued by Migration Watch UK today (MW409 Would proposals to reduce net migration really cost the taxpayer […]
Migration Watch UK Press Comment on the Conservative Party Manifesto | Migration Watch UK
Commenting on the manifesto, Lord Green of Deddington, Chairman of Migration Watch UK, said: “This is a sound basis for taking forward an immigration policy that will, over time, meet the very strong public desire to reduce the current scale of immigration, which most people regard as far too high.“
Migration Watch UK Press Comment on ONS Employment by Country of Birth Data | Migration Watch UK
The employment level of the UK born is virtually unchanged while non-UK born workers rose by 388,000 in the year to March 2017, accounting for the whole of the increase. The number of workers from the EU rose by nearly 150,000, of whom nearly 90% were from Eastern Europe. This confirms our view that we […]
New temporary visa for EU workers to plug short-term skills gaps | Migration Watch UK
Migration Watch UK have today issued a paper (EU Immigration, Post-Brexit – A Comprehensive Policy) on the prospect for temporary visas for EU migrants to work in jobs at lower skill levels than presently required for admission of non-EU nationals, such as bricklaying, plumbing and construction among others, for a maximum of three years after […]
How do we handle future migration from the EU? | Migration Watch UK
By Alanna ThomasExecutive Director of Migration Watch UKThe Times, 11 May, 2017 Large-scale immigration from the European Union is a relatively new phenomenon. It is not widely known but, in the ten years prior to 2004, before the eight new East European member states joined the Union, net migration from the EU averaged just 15,000 […]
Migration Watch UK press comment on reports that foreign students may be separated from the net migration totals | Migration Watch UK
April 21, 2017 Commenting, Mr Alp Mehmet, Vice Chairman of Migration Watch UK, said: “The student route has undoubtedly been a major source of abuse in the past although it has been tightened in recent years. If student numbers are to be shown separately in future it is essential that they be published alongside the […]
ONS bulletin on immigration and the labour market | Migration Watch UK
Commenting, Mr Alp Mehmet, Vice Chairman of Migration Watch UK, said: Today’s release confirms that some sectors of the economy employ large numbers of EU migrants, with EU14 nationals, generally, in the higher skilled jobs and the EU10 at the the lower end. Previous analysis suggests that EU migrants are a relatively settled population, especially […]
Good prospects for skilled British workers in a post-Brexit EU | Migration Watch UK
The UK is in the process of leaving the European Union just as the EU is working to considerably increase inflows of highly skilled workers from outside the bloc. This would provide opportunities for British nationals to work in the EU even without any special agreement following the Brexit negotiations. That is the finding of […]