An optimum level for immigration | Migration Watch UK
The Home Secretary has recently suggested that an optimum level for immigration might be established. A Migrationwatch research paper (Read) suggests some criteria. Immigration is of long term benefit to the economy only if it raises the overall level of productivity; otherwise, it simply adds to the pressure on infrastructure and public services. Migrationwatch therefore […]
Numbers Matter. It is time for mainstream politics to debate the scale of British immigration | Migration Watch UK
Writing in the latest edition of Prospect magazine Bob Rowthorn, Professor of Economics at Cambridge University, highlights the impact of migration on the composition of our society if it were to continue at the 2004 level of 223,000 net immigration. The UK’s population would reach 74 million by 2051 and would continue rising strongly thereafter. Our population […]
The Multi-Identity Society England and Immigration. By Hazhir Teimourian. Harvard International Review, July 2006 | Migration Watch UK
Mr Teimourian is a member of the Advisory Council of Migration Watch UK. He is a writer on Middle Eastern history and politics. Born in 1940 in the Kurdish region of western Iran Mr Teimourian came to the UK in 1959 for his higher education. He stayed on and has spent the last 35 years […]
The Need for Immigration by David Frost, Commentary, Finance Times, July 23, 2006 | Migration Watch UK
A defence of businesses employing migrant workers from the director-general of the British Chambers of Commerce. Click here to read this article.
Amnesty for illegal immigrants would overwhelm social housing provision | Migration Watch UK
If an amnesty were to be granted to the hundreds of thousands of illegal immigrants thought to be in the UK it would take 20-30 years – at the present rate of building – to provide social housing for them, says a new report out today. And it would only be possible to meet even […]
Public comprehensively reject calls for amnesty for illegal immigrants | Migration Watch UK
The public has overwhelmingly rejected the idea of an amnesty for illegal immigrants. In a poll for think tank Migrationwatch, conducted by YouGov, (see results*) 72% either strongly disagreed (45%) or disagreed (27%) with an amnesty while it was supported by just 11%. The results were broadly consistent across social class and region – except […]
EU Commission spokesman denies that ECHR is essential to membership of the EU. | Migration Watch UK
Asked by the BBC’s Mark Mardell whether if a country left the ECHR it would have to leave the EU, Jose Manuel Barroso’s spokesman replied at the midday press briefing ( on 26 June): “the European Convention on Human Rights is an instrument of the Council of Europe, and so strictly speaking, this is not […]
No limits’ immigration policy worsens housing shortfall | Migration Watch UK
The Government’s failure to face up to the consequences of the huge rise in immigration which they have stimulated since 1997 is the principal cause of the current housing shortfall says a new report out today. Because the scale of the increase in immigration has not, until very recently, been factored into the house building […]
Migrationwatch StatementImmigration and Housing Pressures: Government Response Misleading | Migration Watch UK
The Government statement in response to the Migrationwatch report on this subject recognises that “immigration is, of course, a factor in population growth”. Indeed, it is projected to account for 83% of future population growth. The Government statement did not challenge the estimate that 32% of household growth will be due to immigration, no doubt […]
MW56 : The impact of immigration on housing demand | Migration Watch UK
Summary1. Since coming to power in 1997 the government has encouraged much higher levels of immigration. Net international migration has increased from an average of about 50,000 per year in the period 1993-7 to 166,000 in 1998-2004. However, the government failed to adjust the housing programme to take account of this extra demand. These high […]