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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
Real impact of migration ‘concealed’ in Government figures… | Migration Watch UK
The Government has been accused of concealing the true impact of immigration on our future population growth. Government population projections, published in December, claimed that three million, or just over 50%, of the projected population increase in the UK between 2002 and 2031 of 5.6 million would be due to
MW100 : Population Projections – Further Analysis | Migration Watch UK
1. Further analysis of the Government Actuary’s population projections has revealed that the impact of migration on the projected population has been grossly understated. 2. According to Government Actuary’s press release issued on the 18 December [1]: “Of the projected 5.6 million increase [in the overall UK population] between 2002 and
Lid blown on migrant cover-up | Migration Watch UK
Following a story in the Sunday Times of March 7, 2004 headed ‘Lid blown on migrant cover-up’ Migrationwatch issued the following comment: ‘The Sunday Times story takes us behind the spin to the heart of what is really going on at the Home Office. The Government’s claims of ‘managed migration’
MigrationWatch comment on publication of asylum statistics. February 24… | Migration Watch UK
The reduction in claims is welcome but the UK was the largest recipient of asylum seekers in the Western world in 2003. [1] This will continue for as long as we fail to remove those whose claims are rejected. A recent House of Commons report confirmed that only one in five failed
MigrationWatch response to Home Secretary’s statement in the House of Commons re 10 accession countries joining EU in May. | Migration Watch UK
We welcome the measures to tighten up the benefit system which are long overdue. We do not believe the registrations scheme is enforceable any more than the work permit scheme has been. But the real weakness appears to be that the Government has no policy as to how many people
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