Press Releases : 2002

Welcome for UN High Commissioner's comments that Britain is' taking more than fair share of refugees'

In a response to a Foreign Office announcement on December 10 concerning the free entry of East European workers to Britain when additional states join the EU, MigrationwatchUK issued the following:

Social costs of mass immigration outweigh small economic gain.

Free movement of East European labour has 'potentially massive consequences'.

'MigrationwatchUK wants proper analysis and debate….' John Humphrys, Sunday Times

Latest figures for asylum seekers demonstrate failure of Government to protect our borders

'Amnesty' suggestion for illegal immigrants, an 'extremely foolish proposal. The following is a comment from Sir Andrew Green, Chairman of MigrationwatchUK, on the reported suggestions by the House of Lords E…

With 1 in 20 of London's population now a refugee or asylum seeker, MigrationwatchUK seeks enquiry into 'misuse' of NHS

The following is a commentary on the recent Economist survey of migration from MigrationwatchUK.

Welcome for Home Secretary's acceptance of Migrationwatch figures that net inward migration to Britain is now 180,000 a year+ illegal immigration

Nine out of ten failed asylum seekers remain in the UK even if their claims fail

Home Office challenged to give their own projections after questioning figures on the scale of migration into the UK

Net migration into the UK is now two million every decade and probably more