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Household projections and immigration
Summary1. The Government’s policy of encouraging large scale immigration has been pursued without regard to its impact on housing. Data released by the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister (ODPM) on 14th March 2006 show that immigration will account for nearly one in three new households. 2. The ODPM’s data
Sir Andrew Green commenting on the release of the latest asylum statistics today | Migration Watch UK
Commenting on the release of the latest asylum statistics today Sir Andrew Green, chairman of Migrationwatch, said: ‘We welcome the significant fall in asylum claims last year but removals are stuck at the same level as 2004 so the Home Office have fallen well short of the Prime Minister’s target.
The economic case for immigration. Migrationwatch dialogue with the Home Office.
BackgroundIn June 2005, Migrationwatch submitted to the EU Sub Committee of the House of Lords a critique of the government’s shifting arguments (seven in all) for the present large scale immigration. This was sent to the Home Office whose reply to each argument is below together with a final comment
Integration harder to achieve as ‘core’ uk culture is lost in some of our cities | Migration Watch UK
New Government figures which show that births to foreign mothers have increased by more than 50% in just over a decade make the task of successful integration increasingly difficult says a report from think tank Migrationwatch out today. (Read report) The figures – from the Office for National Statistics (ONS)
The effect of immigration on the integration of communities in Britain
Summary1. The events of 2005 – serious disturbances in Holland, France, Australia and Birmingham, as well as bombs in London – have driven home the importance of effective integration.2. The chairman of the Commission for Racial Equality (CRE), Trevor Phillips, has warned that “we are sleepwalking our way towards segregation” [1].
Failure to deport foreign criminals ‘appalling’ says report. | Migration Watch UK
Deportation of foreign criminals from the UK must be urgently speeded up as the current failure to remove those who have committed offences only adds to the public’s concerns about Britain’s control of its borders, says a new report out today. In ‘Deportation of foreign criminals – a case for
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