Improve pay and conditions in the social care sector rather than relying on migration | Migration Watch UK
The answer to possible future shortages of workers in the care sector is better pay and better terms of employment, not more migration Relying on migration to tackle potential shortfalls in the social care workforce will continue to depress sector wages and allow poor working conditions to be swept under the carpet. That is the […]
After Brexit EU migration for work must be reserved for highly-skilled roles with a limit of 30,000 a year | Migration Watch UK
An annual limit of 30,000 work permits for EU migration should be sufficient to allow businesses access to the skills they require while also achieving a reduction of about 100,000 a year in net migration from the EU over the medium term. That is the finding of a paper being released by Migration Watch UK. Migration Watch […]
Migration Watch UK press release: Immigration and trade in the Brexit negotiations | Migration Watch UK
Making concessions on immigration in exchange for Single Market membership would contradict the outcome of the Referendum Any UK concessions on free movement in the upcoming Brexit negotiations would have to be so large that they would betray the democratic mandate for controlled and reduced immigration delivered by the British people in the referendum. This […]
Migration Watch UK Comment on Points-Based System | Migration Watch UK
A Points-Based System would be hopeless for the UK Commenting, Lord Green of Deddington, Chairman of Migration Watch UK, said: The issue is confidence in the government’s intention to reduce immigration from the EU. This is what the public voted on, not on a particular system. In fact the Prime Minister was right to indicate […]
EU Migration – An Emergency Brake is a Non-Starter | Migration Watch UK
An “emergency brake” on EU migration to the UK is clearly a non starter. That is the conclusion of a paper issued today by Migration Watch UK in the run up to the Chequers Ministerial meeting on Brexit. The report examines the EU’s arrangements with Norway and Switzerland. It then outlines the practical difficulties of measuring EU […]
Migration Watch UK press comment on ONS net migration figures | Migration Watch UK
Commenting, Lord Green of Deddington, Chairman of Migration Watch UK, said: “Unfortunately, these figures show no progress in reducing net migration from the record level of one third of a million a year. The referendum result demonstrated public concern about the scale of immigration. It simply cannot be allowed to continue. The Brexit negotiations must achieve […]
Migration Watch UK Press Comment on the ONS Labour Market Statistics | Migration Watch UK
Commenting, Lord Green of Deddington, Chairman of Migration Watch UK, said: “These figures represent a milestone in EU migration to Britain. We now have over one million workers who were born in the EU8 countries of Eastern Europe, nearly a million from the EU14 and already a quarter of a million from Romania and Bulgaria. […]
MWUK press comment on Home Affairs Committee ‘Migration Crisis’ Report | Migration Watch UK
Commenting, Alp Mehmet, Vice Chairman of Migration Watch UK, said: Clearly the challenges facing the UK Border Force remain significant and are growing. It is imperative that more money is devoted to address the issue of illegal immigration which is of major public concern. To see the full report, click here.
At current levels of immigration to England a new home will be needed every five minutes over the next 25 years | Migration Watch UK
The DCLG has today released its 2014-based Household Projections for England for the period 2014-2039. Commenting, Lord Green of Deddington, Chairman of Migration Watch UK, said: Yet again government officials are playing down the impact of immigration on household demand. Today’s DCLG publication focuses only on the principal projection of net migration to England of […]
The people have spoken – and they want lower immigration. Now Westminster must duly deliver it. | Migration Watch UK
By Lord Green of DeddingtonChairman of Migration Watch UKConservative Home, 1st July, 2016 The Government and opposition are clearly shell shocked by the outcome of the referendum. We have arrived suddenly at an historic turning point. Our relationship with the EU and our place in the world will have to be reimagined and reengineered. And the […]