Media Reports Archive : January 2018


Hammond calls for soft Brexit to safeguard economy

UK chancellor tells Davos there should be only ‘modest changes’ to EU relationship.

27 Jan 2018 - Media Report: Financial Times
“Project Fear” was groundless: the UK economy has been remarkably resilient

Since the Brexit vote, the UK economy has been more robust than expected.

27 Jan 2018 - Media Report: LSE Blog
Bregrets? they've had a few... but tough luck, Remainers, the majority still wants to leave

One simple fact remains – there has been no outbreak of mass Bregret.

23 Jan 2018 - Media Report: Daily Telegraph
Unhindered travel after Brexit is in the interests of all

There are nearly 35 million passenger arrivals from the EU at the UK border each year, writes Vice Chairman of Migration Watch UK Alp Mehmet

23 Jan 2018 - Media Report: Brexit Central
'Take more migrants’ France demands UK lets out homes to refugees from Calais

Alp Mehmet, vice chairman of Migration Watch UK, said: 'It is time France did much more to stop the camps being established.'

18 Jan 2018 - Media Report: Daily Express
Home Office worker 'was lynchpin of plot to let illegal migrants stay'

Employee is accused of falsifying records that could have seen hundreds benefit.

18 Jan 2018 - Media Report: Daily Mail
A million extra EU migrants may be free to enter Britain

Migration Watch UK said a million people could come in during the two-year transition period.

18 Jan 2018 - Media Report: The Times
NHS stung for £200m in health tourism scam using European insurance cards

A huge health tourism scam is costing the NHS £20million a year.

16 Jan 2018 - Media Report: The Sun
Migrants try to cross Channel 115,000 times in a year

Migrants made about 115,000 attempts to cross the Channel from Calais last year, according to a source at the French presidency.

16 Jan 2018 - Media Report: The Times
Government stands by immigration targets despite calls for revision

Alp Mehmet, vice chairman of Migration Watch UK, said:'This is a superficial report [which] tacitly accepts the current level of immigration.'

15 Jan 2018 - Media Report: Daily Express
President Macron to exploit his growing international stature to press Theresa May this week to open Britain’s borders to migrants stuck in Calais

Mr Macron, who is due to visit Calais tomorrow, wants to raise the issue at talks with Mrs May at Sandhurst this week.

15 Jan 2018 - Media Report: The Times
Whether the Tories meet triumph or disaster depends on immigration reform

What is Theresa May doing with this reshuffle? The answer may lie with a Conservative electorate that has undergone profound change.

12 Jan 2018 - Media Report: Daily Telegraph
Scots oppose Nicola Sturgeon plan for Scotland to stay in single market and separate immigration rules

Nearly two-third of Scots (63 per cent) think the entire UK should have the same immigration regime after it leaves the EU next year.

12 Jan 2018 - Media Report: Daily Telegraph
EU student growth still holding up in UK

Growth in the numbers of EU students studying in the UK continued to outstrip growth in the numbers of domestic students entering higher education.

12 Jan 2018 - Media Report: Financial Times
100,000 try to get asylum in France, but most are rejected

More than 100,000 people applied for asylum in France last year, the highest number in four decades, but 64 per cent of the requests were denied.

9 Jan 2018 - Media Report: The Times
Health tourist racks up Britain's biggest ever unpaid NHS bill after saddling hospital with £530,000 debt

A health tourist has racked up Britain's biggest ever unpaid NHS bill after leaving a hospital with a debt of more than £530,000.

9 Jan 2018 - Media Report: Daily Mail
The EU prizes its unity on Brexit, but the migrant crisis is tearing it apart

From the moment the United Kingdom signalled its intention to leave, the European Union has been fixated on keeping its remaining members united.

5 Jan 2018 - Media Report: Daily Telegraph
What will Brexit mean for the government’s immigration agencies?

The impact of leaving the EU on Whitehall’s immigration agencies will be permanent.

4 Jan 2018 - Media Report: Civil Service World
The new rules aimed at preventing health tourism are toothless, and leave the NHS wide open to abuse, by Dr J. Meirion Thomas

A health tourist is defined as a patient who comes to UK with a pre-existing illness, and the purpose of their visit is to access free NHS care.

4 Jan 2018 - Media Report: Conservative Home
Revealed: Just one in five lone 'child' migrants caught lying about their age are thrown out of Britain

Records reveal 2,644 adults were caught lying to enter the UK from 2010 to 2016.

3 Jan 2018 - Media Report: Daily Mail
Our turbulent world needs strong walls, writes Clare Foges

Strong, effectively policed borders are not the bar to a better world but a prerequisite for it.

2 Jan 2018 - Media Report: The Times
Home Office plan to enlist 'Dad's Army' of volunteers to help Border Force protect ports from illegal immigrants, criminals and terrorists

About 50 will be deployed in a trial run, to be expanded later to police the coastline.

2 Jan 2018 - Media Report: Mail on Sunday

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