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A Points System for Work Permits?
Summary1. There are currently three main entry routes for people from outside the EU who want to work in the UK – the work permit system, the so-called sector-based schemes covering agricultural workers, hospitality and food-processing workers and the highly skilled migrants programme. 2. The number of work permits issued
Knock on’ effect of immigration on the regions | Migration Watch UK
Record levels of international immigration into London and the South East have created a substantial ‘knock on’ effect across much of the southern half of England and in Wales, says a new paper out today from think tank Migrationwatch. The report charts population movements between the regions of the UK
The Effect of Immigration on the Regions
Summary1. There has been an extraordinarily rapid change in London’s population over the past ten years. In the period 1993-2002, 606,000 more Londoners moved out of the city than came to it from elsewhere in the UK. In the same period a net 726,000 immigrants arrived in London. 2. The
Poll shows immigration will be at heart of election campaign | Migration Watch UK
A new survey has confirmed that a party’s policy on immigration will play a major role in deciding how people vote in the next general election. A YouGov poll, for think tank Migrationwatch, taken last week shows that 45% agreed, including 21% who strongly agreed, that a party’s policy on
Refusal to test medical staff ‘indefensible’ | Migration Watch UK
The Government has been accused of leaving a gaping hole in the UKs defences against the spread of diseases such as AIDS and TB by its refusal to screen individuals from those countries which have high levels of these diseases before issuing them with visas for entry to Britain. An
Immigration: Economic arguments ‘a smokescreen’ | Migration Watch UK
Government claims for the contribution that immigration makes to the UK economy have been described as grossly misleading in a report out today. (Read report). The report, from think-tank Migrationwatch, has analysed the two key arguments that Ministers have used as they seek to persuade a sceptical public that the highest
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