Only Severe Cuts to Immigration will Stop Population Hitting 70 million well within 25 Years. | Migration Watch UK
Even if the birth rate were to drop to levels not seen for 100 years the UK population is almost bound to hit 70m within 25 years unless there is a dramatic cut in immigration levels, says a new report out today. An analysis of the Government’s own figures – issued on the eve of a speech […]
Labour’s mass immigration policy was politically inspired | Migration Watch UK
The massive increase in immigration under Labour was a deliberate policy undertaken for “social” as well as economic reasons. This is the conclusion of a study by Migrationwatch of documents obtained under the Freedom of Information Act. In an article for the Evening Standard last October, Andrew Neather, a former speech writer for Blair, Straw […]
Immigration ‘No answer’ to Pension Time Bomb | Migration Watch UK
The ‘myth’ that continued mass immigration is the answer to Britain’s pensions time bomb has been described as ‘totally dishonest’ by a new report out today. The report from think tank Migrationwatch, finds that the present ratio of workers to pensioners could only be sustained by immigration at a level that would bring the population of […]
Immigration curbs could have a decisive impact on the election result. Second only to the economy in key marginals. | Migration Watch UK
The extent to which immigration is likely to play a decisive role in the forthcoming election is spelled out in a new poll published today. The poll, conducted by YouGovfor Migrationwatch, was held in the vital 57 “marginal” seats which the Conservatives must win to gain a reasonable working majority; 43 are Labour held and 14 […]
Massive Increase in Family Visitors. Appeals Now Cost Tax Payers 1 Million a Week | Migration Watch UK
Appeals against the decision of immigration officials to refuse family visas to enter the UK have increased eight fold since charges were abolished by the government in 2002 and are now running at over a thousand a week. They cost the taxpayer £1m a week, says a report from think-tank Migrationwatch. Unlike ordinary visitors, “family visitors” have […]
Student Visas ‘A Massive Hole’ in Border Controls as Numbers Top 1.5 Million in 8 Years | Migration Watch UK
Nearly 3/4 of visas under the Points Based System are given to students1½ million students admitted in just 8 yearsNo checks on how many leave UKRoll of Immigration Officers severely undermind A new report out today reveals that student visas are a massive loophole in our border controls. Nearly three quarters of visas issued under […]
Service under strain as ‘Migrant a minute’ registers with an NHS doctor | Migration Watch UK
New research published today reveals the pressure that immigration is placing on the NHS. The research, conducted by Migrationwatch, found that in 2007-8, 605,000 people who arrived from overseas registered with a GP in England and Wales – equivalent to one registration a minute, day and night, throughout the year. This was nearly 100,000 more than […]
New poll shows seven out of ten want immigration slashed. 75% worried about impact immigration is having on Britain, 5% are pleased. Nearly 2/3rds of Labour voters want immigration sharply cut | Migration Watch UK
On the day that new Government statistics show that immigration in 2008 was 163,000, a new YouGov pollfor Migrationwatch UK reveals the vast majority of the public are concerned about immigration and want it cut substantially so that the UK’s population does not hit 70 million in 2029, as official figures project. To avoid the population […]
Immigration Figures Due for Release on 26 November 2009Background Briefing | Migration Watch UK
Annual immigration figures for calendar 2008, the last before the election, will be published by the ONS on Thursday 26 November. The note (Briefing Paper 9.26) puts the figures, and Government claims about their immigration policy, into perspective.
Labour Concealed a shift in immigration policy | Migration Watch UK
In Parliament today the Immigration Minister denied that there had been any change in immigration policy in 2001 nor, therefore, any political motive. However, there is clear evidence of a Labour shift in immigration policy in 2001-2 which was concealed from the public at the time, according to the attached Briefing Paper by think tank Migrationwatch. Commenting, […]