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The distinction between asylum seekers and refugees
Revised version August 2017 This paper was originally published in January 2006. In view of the considerable interest which is shown by the frequency of its consultation, it has now been revised and brought up to date. Material relating to migrant flows in 2016 on page 2 has been added
Students have added 200,000 to the permanent population in the last seven years | Migration Watch UK
The House of Lords Economic Affairs Committee has called on the government to improve the statistics on the number of students who leave the country and then for them to be removed from net migration ‘for public policy purposes’. This is despite the fact that a report issued today by
MW417 : How many students have been granted settlement in recent years? | Migration Watch UK
Summary 1. A major analysis of migrants’ journeys through the immigration system reveals that in the last seven years (2009-2015) almost 200,000 grants of settlement were made to non-EU migrants who originally arrived through the student route. These findings show that students are not all temporary residents, as is often
Migration Watch UK Press Comment on ONS Population Overview | Migration Watch UK
The ONS has this morning released an overview of the UK population which finds that the direct effect of immigration has been to add an average of 250,000 to our population each year since 2004. However, this takes no account of the indirect effect of immigration, as migrants also have
The outlook for EU migration if the UK remains subject to the free movement of people
Summary 1. Should the UK remain subject to free movement rules after Brexit as a member of the European Economic Area (EEA), we can expect net EU migration to continue at about 125,000 a year into the medium term. The mitigating effect of uncertainty surrounding Brexit, the risk of further
‘What does a “soft” Brexit mean for immigration from the EU?
Summary 1. A ‘Soft Brexit’ entails the UK remaining in the Single Market when the UK leaves the EU. While this claims to ‘prioritise jobs and the economy over immigration’ it would require the UK to continue to accept the free movement of people. We estimate that under such circumstances
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