Migration Watch UK press release on EU court ruling | Migration Watch UK
Commenting on today’s court judgement, Alp Mehmet, Vice-Chairman of Migration Watch UK said: “The problem is not “benefit tourism”. We do not believe that the bulk of EU workers are coming for the benefits. Our concern is that much higher wages in the UK than in Eastern Europe, topped up for married workers by in-work […]
Press Comment on Students and the Net migration target | Migration Watch UK
Commenting on today’s reports that some cabinet ministers are pressing for international students to be taken out of the net migration target, Lord Green of Deddington, Chairman of Migration Watch UK said: Everyone recognises the value of foreign students, cultural and economic, provided that they are genuine. The closure of 870 bogus colleges in recent […]
Migration Watch UK Press Comment on ONS Net Migration Statistics August 2015 | Migration Watch UK
Responding to today’s net migration figures, Lord Green of Deddington, Chairman of Migration Watch UK, said: “Net migration at one third of a million a year is clearly unsustainable. Nearly half of the inflow is now from the EU, including 50,000 from Romania and Bulgaria as we have long predicted. This underlines the need for […]
Lessons from Calais | Migration Watch UK
The most effective way to tackle the crisis in Calais is to tackle the motivation of the migrants who seem so determined to get across the channel. That is the conclusion of a report issued by Migrationwatch today. The report concludes that the main motivation to cross the channel is not to seek asylum (France […]
Migration Watch UK Press Comment on ONS Labour Market Statistics August 2015
Commenting on the figures, Lord Green of Deddington, Chairman of Migration Watch UK said: The number of EU workers has now topped 2 million for the first time and over one million of these are from Eastern Europe. Clearly the government is going to have to get a grip of EU migration if it wants […]
Economic characteristics of migrants in the UK
Research into the economic characteristics of migrants in the UK was issued by Migration Watch UK today. This ground breaking research shows that while, of course, individuals from all backgrounds can and do succeed economically, overall the groups with ‘weaker’ economic characteristics comprise nearly 5 million adults, outnumbering those with ‘stronger’ economic characteristics by two to […]
Migration Watch UK Press Comment on ONS Population Estimate
The UK population grew by almost half a million people between mid 2013 and mid 2014. The majority of this increase was directly down to international migration and in addition one quarter of all births were to non-UK born mothers. Commenting, Lord Green of Deddington, Chairman of Migration Watch UK said: A population increase at […]
Business snubs foreign graduates of British universities | Migration Watch UK
In April 2012 the Home Secretary closed the Tier 1 Post Study Work visa – one of the most generous visas of its kind in the world – which allowed all graduates of any subject and any degree class to stay on for two years to search for work. In 2011, the year before it […]
Migration Watch UK Press Comment on ONS Net Migration Statistics | Migration Watch UK
Responding to today’s net migration figures, Lord Green of Deddington, Chairman of Migration Watch UK, said: “The latest figures are appalling. We need to stop and think where this mass immigration is leading. It points to a probable increase of three million in the UK population over the next five years in the face of […]
75% of East Europeans and 30% of EU14 workers in low skilled work | Migration Watch UK
Three quarters of all East European workers who have arrived since their countries joined the EU are working in low skilled work, so says a Migration Watch UK analysis of the Labour Force Survey. The analysis finds that in early 2014 there were 870,000 workers from the Accession countries of Eastern Europe (including Romania and […]