Government signing ‘blank cheque’ over euro immigration and asylum policy… | Migration Watch UK
Britain is in grave danger of signing a ‘blank cheque’ on immigration and asylum and handing control of this sensitive issue to Europe if current proposals contained in the draft EU Constitution are accepted. This would be a fundamental surrender of national sovereignty on a scale completely unknown in our history. That is the view […]
Migrationwatch Analysis of Asylum Figures | Migration Watch UK
1. Asylum claims in 2003 are up 18% Q3 in comparison with Q2 at 14,765 compared with 12,510. 2. The percentage applying at port is down to 28% compared with 32% in Q2 and 32% in 2002 and 35% in 2001 as a whole. It appears therefore that withdrawal of benefits has not been an […]
Fundamental change ‘only answer’ to asylum and immigration crisis… | Migration Watch UK
Public confidence has been damaged by the Home Secretary’s recent statement that he sees ‘no obvious upper limit to the number of legal immigrants allowed to enter Britain’. Until now it has been the consensus that a firm and fair immigration policy is a fundamental requirement of good community relations. If we are ever to […]
Responses to comments from the Independent and the Home Office
Following comments (1) in the Independent newspaper and (2) from the Home Office regarding the accuracy of statistics published by Migrationwatch the organisation has responded as follows. 1. Response to the Independent: November 17, 2003 The Independent sought to contrast three statements by Migrationwatch and the Home Office. The following is an analysis: 1. The MW […]
Non British immigration more than doubled in the last six years | Migration Watch UK
Since 1997 the number of non British immigrants who have cometo Britain has more than doubled to reach nearly a quarter of a millionin 2002. The latest figures from the Office of National Statistics for the year 2002, out today, reveal that net non British immigration has now reached 245,000, roughly equivalent to the city […]
Media response to today’s asylum figures – Reduction of asylum applications masks a failure to remove | Migration Watch UK
Commenting on today’s asylum figures think tank Migrationwatch welcomed the reduction in claims which will reduce the pressure on the asylum system and the cost (currently about £2bn a year) to the tax payer – even though Britain is still the largest recipient of asylum seekers in the industrialised world. But, it says, this may […]
Asylum ‘amnesty’ looks set to be repeated | Migration Watch UK
The ‘one-off’ amnesty announced by the Government last week to some 15,000 families of asylum seekers – totaling perhaps 50,000 people – may well happen again. The Government have admitted to only half the likely numbers. There could well be a similar number who are already ‘in the pipeline’ and who will, in due course, […]
MW142 : Asylum Amnesty; the decks are far from cleared | Migration Watch UK
Summary 1.On October 24, 2003 the Home Secretary announced that 15,000 families who had sought asylum before October 2000, and most of whom had had their application rejected, would be granted indefinite leave to remain in the UK. The families selected were ones who had a child at the time of making their application. The […]
Report Proposes Payment for ID cards… | Migration Watch UK
People could be paid to have an ID card under proposals put forward in a paper published today by think-tank Migrationwatch. The paper, written by an IT expert with experience of designing and implementing complex computer systems, proposes a ‘virtual card’, in that there would be no need to carry it, nor would it be compulsory. After […]
Immigration Appeal System now ‘A Soft Touch’… | Migration Watch UK
Fears that the appeal system has become a ‘soft touch’ have been expressed after an analysis of Government figures on asylum appeals showed a four-fold increase in six years. ‘This is a huge rise in a short time for which no Government explanation has been forthcoming,’ said Sir Andrew Green, chairman of Migrationwatch. ‘Once again […]