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Asylum, Immigration and Nationality Act 2006
MigrationWatch Summary and comment This Act received Royal Assent on 30 March but is not yet in force. The Government has announced that it will start to bring the Act’s provisions into force in June 2006 with full implementation not expected until 2008. Although less voluminous than earlier Acts it
Home office response to opinion poll. | Migration Watch UK
The Home Office have made three points in reply to the Migrationwatch opinion poll issued today (see poll) which showed that 76 % of the population back an annual limit on immigration. None of their points stands up to a moment’s examination: 1. That the survey reflects the views of a “small
Massive public demand for annual immigration limit. | Migration Watch UK
The public have comprehensively rejected the Government’s ‘no limits’ immigration policy and instead have called for an annual limit on numbers. By 76% to 10% they strongly agreed (50%), or agreed (26%), there must be an annual limit to the number of immigrants allowed to come to Britain (only 4%
Government ‘hiding’ immigration impact on housing growth | Migration Watch UK
The Government has been accused of deliberately hiding the impact of immigration on the country’s future housing needs. The recent Household Projection report (March 14) did not even mention immigration as being a factor in the requirement to build the 4.8m new houses which it said were needed in Britain
Why do we need nearly 5 million new homes?
Introduction 1. The government’s massive house building programme will affect every community in the country. It is therefore important to understand why (and whether) it is necessary. 2. Projections of households for England published by the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister (ODPM) on 14 March 2006[1] estimate that 4.8 million
New figures show true extent of immigration impact on housing demand. March 14, 2006 | Migration Watch UK
Attempts to play down the impact of immigration on UK housing have badly backfired following the publication today of household projection figures from the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister. The figures show that immigrants will need 1.5 million homes in the period from 2003 to 2026 – that’s 65,000
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