{"id":432,"date":"2007-09-27T16:35:47","date_gmt":"2007-09-27T15:35:47","guid":{"rendered":"\/2007\/09\/27\/migrationwatch-7\/"},"modified":"2007-09-27T16:35:47","modified_gmt":"2007-09-27T15:35:47","slug":"migrationwatch-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.migrationwatchuk.org\/news\/2007\/09\/27\/migrationwatch-7\/","title":{"rendered":"Migrationwatch Comment on Revised Immigration Assumptions by the ONS today"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.migrationwatchuk.com\/profiles.asp\">Sir Andrew Green<\/a>, Chairman of Migrationwatch, points out that the new <a href=\"http:\/\/www.statistics.gov.uk\/\">ONS<\/a> assumption, released today, at last recognises that the present very high levels of immigration are likely to continue unless the government moves from rhetoric to really effective measures.<\/p>\n<p>He highlights that it means that our population will increase by about 8.7 million between 2004 and 2031 of which 7.2 million, or 86% will be due to immigration.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.migrationwatchuk.com\/Briefingpapers\/housing\/7_9_impact_of_immigration_on_housing_in_england.asp\">housing demand<\/a> simply for new immigrants will increase from 200 a day to 260 a day throughout the next twenty years.<\/p>\n<p>This is not remotely &quot;managed migration&quot;. 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