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Response to the Home Affairs Committee Inquiry Into Asylum Applications
Summary1. Contrary to popular belief, there has been no major increase in the worldwide total of asylum seekers nor in the number coming to Europe over the last ten years. However, the proportion of applicants to Europe who come to Britain has increased enormously from 5% in 1992 to 27%
MW108 : The number of failed asylum seekers remaining in the UK | Migration Watch UK
1. The government have avoided putting a figure on exactly how many asylum seekers whose claims have failed remain in the UK. They say that, as they cannot provide a precise figure, they will not provide one at all. 2. However, it is possible to make an independent estimate based
MW122 : How skilled are immigrants to Britain? | Migration Watch UK
1. Settlement figuresIn the period 1998-2002 (5 years) the proportions of the total number of grants of settlement were as follows: Category Average 1998-2002 2002 only Employment 14% 17% Asylum 30% 26% Family formation 48% 45% Discretionary grants 8% 9% Category unknown <1% 2% Note: 1) Employment and Asylum includes
Media comment from Migrationwatch on immigration ‘summit’ | Migration Watch UK
‘The Prime Minister, in his press conference, completely missedthe point. Public concern is not just about abuse of the immigration system. It is also about the nature and scale of immigration which is the highest in our history. In 2002 net non EU immigration was 233,000. Our estimate is that
Over half proposed extra housing needed for new immigrants… | Migration Watch UK
In an interview with The Observer on 21 March, The Deputy Prime Minister, John Prescott, indicated that the government plan to double the rate of house building in England. He was responding to the Barker Report which recommends building an extra 120,000 new private sector homes in England each year
Migration and Housing
Summary1. The government has now formally admitted in a written answer (HL 627 – see endnote 5) that their household projections, and therefore their housing plans, have failed to take sufficient account of the high levels of immigration over recent years. They are based on a 1996 immigration projection of
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