Migration Watch UK Press Comment on ONS Labour Market Statistics February 2016 | Migration Watch UK
Commenting on the Labour Market Statistics released today by the Office for National Statistics, Mr Alp Mehmet, Vice-Chairman of Migration Watch UK, said: “Around half of the increase in the number of people in work is accounted for by foreign nationals, over 200,000 of whom are from the EU. It is vitally important that the […]
Even a four-year ‘emergency brake’ is unlikely to have much impact on net migration from the EU | Migration Watch UK
An ‘emergency brake’ on in-work benefits, even for four years, is unlikely to have any significant effect on levels of migration, according to a report by Migration Watch UK. The new research finds that 50 per cent of those who have arrived in the past four years were single. Even on the minimum wage their […]
Migration Watch UK Press Release on UK Immigration Policy outside the EU | Migration Watch UK
British exit from the EU could reduce net migration by 100,000 Migration Watch UK has today issued a report examining for the first time what a post “Brexit” immigration regime might look like and estimating its likely effect on net migration to the UK. The report does not advocate either exit from or remaining in […]
Migration Advisory Committee’s recommendations on Tier 2 Visas | Migration Watch UK
Alp Mehmet, Vice Chair of Migration Watch UK, said: The Migration Advisory Committee report is a carefully worked-out analysis with serious recommendations. We welcome proposals targeted at how best to prioritise the skills that migrants bring to the UK. It is also crucial to address potential disincentives to the training of the domestic workforce. As […]
The wages of millions of British workers affected by immigration | Migration Watch UK
Commenting on the latest Bank of England research on the impact of immigration on wages, Lord Green of Deddington said: “For many years the immigration lobby have claimed that there is no evidence that immigration has any significant effect on the wages of British workers. This new research by the Bank of England blows their […]
Migration Watch Uk Comment on Civitas Pamphlet on Immigration | Migration Watch UK
This authoritative report from Professor Rowthorn, Emeritus Professor of Economics at the University of Cambridge, concludes that there is no economic argument, or indeed any other argument for mass immigration on the present scale, currently a third of a million per year. Commenting, Lord Green of Deddington, Chairman of Migration Watch UK said: This landmark […]
Astonishing impact of immigration on demand for housing | Migration Watch UK
Current levels of immigration, if they are allowed to continue, mean that we will need to build enough homes to accommodate 350 additional households a day. The Department for Communities and Local Government has today released their variant household projections for England at different assumed levels of net migration. Under their ‘high’ net migration scenario […]
Migration Watch UK Press Release on Latest Immigration Statistics | Migration Watch UK
The latest Immigration Statistics released by the Office for National Statistics show that net migration to the UK in the year ending June 2015 was 336,000. Commenting, Alp Mehmet, Vice Chairman of Migration Watch UK said: “These are very disappointing figures, net migration is running at a third of a million a year with no […]
Migration Watch UK Comment On ONS Population Projections | Migration Watch UK
Commenting on today’s population projections from the ONS “These projections confirm that our population will increase by more than twice the population of Birmingham in the next five years, as we have been saying. The prospect of nearly 10 million in 25 years underlines the huge impact on housing and public services, unless the government […]
Migration Watch UK Press release on Theresa May’s speech at the Conservative Party Conference 2015 | Migration Watch UK
Press Statement on Home Secretary Theresa May’s Speech at the Conservative Party Conference: Commenting, Lord Green of Deddington, Chairman of Migration Watch UK said: was a thoroughly courageous speech which tackled firmly and with authority the very serious issues we now face both over immigration and asylum. These issues are now the public’s greatest concern and […]