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Responses to comments from the Independent and the Home Office
Following comments (1) in the Independent newspaper and (2) from the Home Office regarding the accuracy of statistics published by Migrationwatch the organisation has responded as follows. 1. Response to the Independent: November 17, 2003 The Independent sought to contrast three statements by Migrationwatch and the Home Office. The following
Asylum and Immigration: A programme of action
Summary1. This paper sets out a series of measures, to be implemented over a period of years, in order to restore control of our borders and bring asylum and immigration under control. Introduction2. Immigration has now reached a scale that will significantly affect our society, and especially our cities. The
Non British immigration more than doubled in the last six years | Migration Watch UK
Since 1997 the number of non British immigrants who have cometo Britain has more than doubled to reach nearly a quarter of a millionin 2002. The latest figures from the Office of National Statistics for the year 2002, out today, reveal that net non British immigration has now reached 245,000,
Media response to today’s asylum figures – Reduction of asylum applications masks a failure to remove | Migration Watch UK
Commenting on today’s asylum figures think tank Migrationwatch welcomed the reduction in claims which will reduce the pressure on the asylum system and the cost (currently about £2bn a year) to the tax payer – even though Britain is still the largest recipient of asylum seekers in the industrialised world.
Draft EU constitution: Implications for asylum and immigration
Summary1. Britain’s circumstances are very different from those of our European partners. We do not “fit” the continental model. 2. Experience so far of European “co-operation” has not been encouraging. Our European partners have declined to endorse British ideas for exerting EU economic pressure to achieve repatriation agreements. They have
MW142 : Asylum Amnesty; the decks are far from cleared | Migration Watch UK
Summary 1.On October 24, 2003 the Home Secretary announced that 15,000 families who had sought asylum before October 2000, and most of whom had had their application rejected, would be granted indefinite leave to remain in the UK. The families selected were ones who had a child at the time
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