Media Reports Archive : March 2018


Why do politicians refuse to tell it how it is on immigration?

It is the one issue where our leaders deny the wishes of their citizens.

28 Mar 2018 - Media Report: The Spectator
Control of our borders? More of a complete cop out, writes Migration Watch UK Vice Chair Alp Mehmet

The transition agreement with the EU, formally approved on Friday, is useless for controlling immigration.

26 Mar 2018 - Media Report: The Sun
The Government has lost its way on immigration – and the Home Secretary shows no interest in reducing it

It is now clear that the Government have dropped the ball on immigration.

26 Mar 2018 - Media Report: Conservative Home
Brexit, immigration, future prosperity: the view from abroad

77 per cent of Britons thought that illegal immigration was a serious problem facing their country.

22 Mar 2018 - Media Report: The Spectator
The migration dilemma: EU weighs impact of its deal with Turkey

The EU-Turkey accord has reduced refugee flows and eased tensions within the bloc but deeper issues have been left unresolved.

22 Mar 2018 - Media Report: Financial Times
Cutting immigration could boost economic growth, official forecaster says

Robert Chote said there is a possibility lower immigration from the EU could trigger companies to be 'more productive' and deliver an economic uplift.

21 Mar 2018 - Media Report: Daily Telegraph
Almost 29 per cent of 15-year-olds in Britain now come from immigrant backgrounds, international think tank reveals

'Immigration on this scale not only makes integration more difficult,' said Alp Mehmet, Vice Chair of Migration Watch UK.

20 Mar 2018 - Media Report: Daily Mail
New fears over Brexit timetable

Britain’s customs system will not be ready in time for the start of its new relationship with the European Union at the end of 2020.

20 Mar 2018 - Media Report: Sunday Times
Where are the UK's youngest and oldest city populations?

Slough and Luton have particularly high shares of under-18s, partly because they have the highest birth rates of all UK cities.

19 Mar 2018 - Media Report: BBC News
Theresa May accused of Brexit climbdown as UK agrees to free movement in transition period

European Union citizens moving to Britain during the Brexit transition period will have the right to stay indefinitely.

19 Mar 2018 - Media Report: Daily Telegraph
Secondary school pupil numbers will rise by more than 600,000 by 2023 due to baby boom driven by migration

The number of secondary-age pupils is expected to increase by 21 per cent in the next five years, a Government projection states.

16 Mar 2018 - Media Report: Daily Mail
We are sleepwalking into an increasingly segregated country – it’s time to ignore ‘racism’ fears and act to stop Britain falling apart

The time for talking is over, the Government must start taking meaningful action now.

15 Mar 2018 - Media Report: The Sun
How mass immigration drives the housing crisis

It’s the one reason for this worsening problem that blinkered liberals choose to ignore.

15 Mar 2018 - Media Report: The Spectator
Amber Rudd told to ‘level with the nation’ about the Government’s post-Brexit immigration strategy amid an outcry over delays to new legislation

Alp Mehmet, Migration Watch vice-chair, said: “As an excuse for delaying the bill this is absurd.'

14 Mar 2018 - Media Report: The Sun
British negotiators close in on Brexit transition period deal

Recent signs are that the UK will cave on the major points of disagreement.

14 Mar 2018 - Media Report: Daily Telegraph
Immigration chaos: New bill ‘won’t contain policy to reduce numbers’

The Government’s immigration bill will not contain a new policy to bring down the numbers of people coming into Britain, a minister has revealed.

13 Mar 2018 - Media Report: Daily Express
What should our post-Brexit immigration policy look like?

Government has an essential role in helping to wean firms off cheap immigrant labour.

12 Mar 2018 - Media Report: Conservative Home
Jeremy Corbyn: Brexit will stop cheap foreign labour undercutting British workers’ pay

Jeremy Corbyn has said Brexit will put a stop to firms “importing cheap labour” to undercut the wages of UK workers.

12 Mar 2018 - Media Report: Politics Home
Just one in ten asylum seekers who come to Britain are sent back to the country they first arrived in due to 'completely useless' EU rules

Britain is benefiting ‘very little’ from a Brussels deal to send asylum-seekers back to the country where they first set foot in Europe.

9 Mar 2018 - Media Report: Daily Mail
European Parliament’s chief Brexit negotiator Guy Verhofstadt hints EU citizens’ rights deal is close

Guy Verhofstadt said disagreement over how EU citizens will be treated during transition period looked to be almost ironed out.

7 Mar 2018 - Media Report: The Sun
Tony Blair demands EU reform immigration rules to keep us IN the bloc

Britain could vote to stay in the EU in a second referendum if the bloc made key reforms to immigration, Tony Blair has suggested.

2 Mar 2018 - Media Report: The Sun
Theresa May accused of 'complete capitulation' as more EU migrants get permanent right to stay

Lord Green of Deddington, of Migration Watch UK, said: ''This is a complete capitulation to EU demands.'

1 Mar 2018 - Media Report: Daily Telegraph

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