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Migration Watch approaches our research output carefully and diligently; while we have a proven track record of getting it right on the issue, we know how sensitive the topic is and ensure we provide neutral, non-partisan and numbers-based analysis. On that basis, we source our numbers from officially published statistics reports, most usually the Office for National Statistics (ONS), the National Audit Office (NAO), the Home Office (HO), and other arms of His Majesty’s Government. 
 
Where needed, we make projections guided by statistical inference and modelling guided by one of our co-founders, Dr David Coleman, Emeritus Professor of Demographics at the University of Oxford. We place the highest possible premium on numbers-based analysis, and ensure and encourage a calm and level-headed approach to the facts concerning this paramount issue. 

The impact of immigration on England’s housing

Summary1. Every few years the Government produces projections of the number of households in England which help to inform planning policies. The last projections were produced in 2000 based on 1996 population projection data. The projections indicated an increase in households of just over 3.8 million in the period 1996-2021.

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July 18, 2003

Immigration rise prompts NHS cost fears… | Migration Watch UK

A report out today warns of the potential impact on the NHS of the cost of treating the rising numbers of patients with infectious diseases resulting from the very great increase in asylum and immigration in recent years. Research by think-tank Migrationwatch indicates that the number of cases could run

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June 23, 2003

Health Consequences of Current Immigration Policy

Summary1 The Government has commissioned an urgent review of the issues surrounding immigration and health screening. This paper underlines the likely scale of certain infectious diseases resulting from the flow of migrants into the UK, some of them from countries of high prevalence. The number of cases could run into

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June 18, 2003

Immigration estimates increased by 37% | Migration Watch UK

The Office for National Statistics has released new estimates for international migration which show an increase in migration into the UK for 2001 to 171,800. This is an increase of 37 % over the previous estimate of 125,000. For 1997 the new estimate is 46,800. The revised estimates give net

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June 17, 2003

MWUK examines government asylum claims | Migration Watch UK

Migrationwatch UK has cast doubt on whether the government has yet ‘turned the corner’ on asylum applications with the release of figures that show the recent downturn was due to special factors. The asylum statistics issued by the Home Office on 22 May showed an unexpectedly large drop of 7,385

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June 2, 2003

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Statistics

Migration Watch UK monitors and analyses official immigration and population statistics. We chart trends, report key developments, and provide clear, accessible insights to help understand migration and its impact on the UK.