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Student ‘Scams’ provide yet another back door into Britain
Further evidence that current procedures are failing to prevent major scams within the immigration system is revealed in a new report out today from think-tank Migrationwatch. Research by the group into Home Office statistics reveals serious doubts about the number of students being allowed to extend their stay in Britain,
Q3 Asylum Figures. MigrationWatch press statement | Migration Watch UK
Commenting on the asylum statistics released today, Sir Andrew Green, Chairman Migrationwatch UK, said “This is bad news for the government. Asylum seekers are up by 13% and removals are down for the fourth successive quarter. It is increasingly clear that the governments present policies cannot reduce asylum claims to
Workers from eastern Europe | Migration Watch UK
The Government have announced that 91,000 Eastern Europeans have registered since May, nearly half of them new arrivals. This is a very large number. At an annual rate it is 7 times the governments maximum prediction of 13,000. The Government have shown a complete lack of foresight. In recent years,
INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION Nearly one million immigrants since 1997 Massive levels continue, despite fall in asylum | Migration Watch UK
Figures released by the ONS today show that immigration remains at a very high level, despite the fall in asylum seekers that the government has been stressing. Net international migration to the UK in 2003 at 151,000 was almost the same as the 153,000 in 2002. This was the fifth
Immigration: The need for foreign nurses
Summary 1. The number of nurses entering the UK has risen from less than 5,000 a year in the 1990s to around 15,000 in each of the last three years. Even this number amounts to only 6% of net foreign immigration. It is not a justification for large scale immigration.
Foreign nurse recruitment a red herring. | Migration Watch UK
The Royal College of Nurses claim today that there has been a big increase in the number of nurses leaving Britain for the United States.A report by think-tank MigrationWatch (read report) puts these numbersinto perspective. Admission to the UK Register of Nurses from overseas has roughly trebled from 5,000 in
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