Communities face profound change through immigration | Migration Watch UK
The impact of the highest levels of immigration in our history is not only being felt in London but is also having a profound effect on the make up of a number of other key British cities says a new report out today.(Read report) Independent think tank Migrationwatch published a paper in February which focused […]
Immigration numbers likely to be higher than predicted | Migration Watch UK
Government attempts to play down the scale of immigration into the UK by suggesting that the measures they have put in place will cause numbers to fall have been examined in a new study out today which shows that the opposite is more likely to be the case. (Read Report) The Government’s own figures show that […]
MigrationWatch media response to item on ‘Today’ programme | Migration Watch UK
On the Today programme on Radio Four on March 22 there was a discussion between Immigration Minister Des Browne MP and Peter Lilley MP on current immigration levels into the UK. Mr Lilley made the point that over the next 30 years, according to the Government’s own figures, the population of the UK would increase […]
The social impact of immigration | Migration Watch UK
The recent surge in immigration is accelerating change in the nature of communities, particularly in London and some Northern cities. This is revealed in figures issued by the Office of National Statistics and analysed by think-tank Migrationwatch. (Read report) The statistics show that of the 621,000 births in the whole of the United Kingdom in 2003, […]
Nailing the myth of immigration’s economic ‘benefits’ | Migration Watch UK
The government’s claims for the economic benefit of the present large scale immigration are, at best, ‘disingenuous,’ says a new reportout today. In a second paper examining the economic consequences of immigration think tank Migrationwatch says that it is important to nail once and for all the Prime Minister’s favourite, but misleading, claim that immigrants […]
MigrationWatch media response statement to asylum and East European workers figures issued today. Asylum figures for 2004. | Migration Watch UK
Applications appear to have flattened out at about 10,000 a quarter, or 800 a week including dependants. 88% were refused both asylum and humanitarian protection at initial decision. Most appealed but nearly 80% of appeals were dismissed. The timeliness of decisions is improving with nearly 2/3rds of cases settled within six months but removals are […]
New proposals provide ‘no upper limit’ to immigration | Migration Watch UK
The proposals relating to work permits in the “Five year plan” recently announced by Home Secretary Charles Clarke further underline the government’s policy of ‘no upper limit to migration,’ says a new report out today. (Read report) The report – from think-tank Migrationwatch – has concluded that the plan contains a number of changes that should […]
Knock on’ effect of immigration on the regions | Migration Watch UK
Record levels of international immigration into London and the South East have created a substantial ‘knock on’ effect across much of the southern half of England and in Wales, says a new paper out today from think tank Migrationwatch. The report charts population movements between the regions of the UK over the past ten years […]
Poll shows immigration will be at heart of election campaign | Migration Watch UK
A new survey has confirmed that a party’s policy on immigration will play a major role in deciding how people vote in the next general election. A YouGov poll, for think tank Migrationwatch, taken last week shows that 45% agreed, including 21% who strongly agreed, that a party’s policy on immigration would influence their vote […]
Refusal to test medical staff ‘indefensible’ | Migration Watch UK
The Government has been accused of leaving a gaping hole in the UKs defences against the spread of diseases such as AIDS and TB by its refusal to screen individuals from those countries which have high levels of these diseases before issuing them with visas for entry to Britain. An important aspect of this issue […]