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MigrationWatch comment on the Prime Minister’s article: Asylum Removals… | Migration Watch UK
The Prime Ministers article for The Times on 16 September gives an incomplete picture of the position. The article acknowledges the continued widespread abuse of the system admitting, for example, that 70% of those applying to our ports have destroyed their documents to make their removal more difficult. But the
Immigration and Marriage:The Problem of Continuous Migration
Summary 1. When primary immigration from the Indian sub continent came to an end in the early 1970s it was assumed that family re-union would tail off as the communities integrated. 2. That has not happened. In practice, the custom of arranged marriage had led to a continuous flow of
MW123 : Report of the community cohesion panel | Migration Watch UK
Introduction1. The Community Cohesion Panel has introduced a breath of fresh air and common sense into the debate on cohesion. For the first time in the series of reports that have flowed from the disturbances in the Northern Cities in 2001, the Panel addressed the issue of migration. 2. The
Migrationwatch response to the Labour Manifesto | Migration Watch UK
This is yet another spin operation. The fall in applications to the UK is less than the fall to the EU generally. Removals are down, despite the fact only one in five of failed asylum seekers is removed. The Government are clearly seeking to distract attention from the wider issue
MW44 : Access to the NHS | Migration Watch UK
IntroductionThe Department of Health consultation document sets out clearly the scale and nature of the problem. In 2002/2003 some 5 million people registered with a GP. Yet, as the document goes on to explain, there is no effective check on entitlement. Entitlement is based on the concept of “ordinarily resident”.
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