{"id":197,"date":"2012-05-28T08:53:52","date_gmt":"2012-05-28T07:53:52","guid":{"rendered":"\/2012\/05\/28\/immigration-how-to-achieve-the-governments-target\/"},"modified":"2012-05-28T08:53:52","modified_gmt":"2012-05-28T07:53:52","slug":"immigration-how-to-achieve-the-governments-target","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.migrationwatchuk.org\/news\/2012\/05\/28\/immigration-how-to-achieve-the-governments-target\/","title":{"rendered":"Immigration \u2013 How to Achieve the Government\u2019s Target"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>28 May, 2012<\/p>\n<p>The real problem with immigration is that non-EU migrants are failing to return home. That is the conclusion of a&#0160;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.migrationwatchuk.org\/briefingPaper\/document\/263\">study published today<\/a>&#0160;by <a class=\"zem_slink\" href=\"http:\/\/www.migrationwatchuk.org\/\" rel=\"homepage\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"MigrationWatch UK\">Migration Watch UK<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Over the past ten years non-EU migrants have been arriving at the rate of about 300,000 a year but have only been leaving at about 100,00 a year.<\/p>\n<p>The Migration Watch UK paper suggests the following policy measures:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Increase enforcement on employers of illegal workers<\/li>\n<li>Enforce planning regulations<\/li>\n<li>Re-examine further Leave to Remain<\/li>\n<li>Limit visitor visas to three months<\/li>\n<li>Redefine \u201cfamily visitors\u201d and remove rights of appeal<\/li>\n<li>Increase the detention estate<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Commenting, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.migrationwatchuk.org\/profile_andrewGreen.php\" target=\"_self\" title=\"Sir Andrew Green\">Sir Andrew Green<\/a>, Chairman of Migration Watch UK, said: \u201cThe most recent immigration statistics are very disappointing, but the central issue has largely been misunderstood in recent public discussion. 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