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MigrationwatchUK wants proper analysis and debate John Humphrys, Sunday Times | Migration Watch UK
Writing in his weekly column in the Sunday Times on December 1, 2002 broadcaster and journalist John Humphrys said: ‘MigrationwatchUK wants emotion to be taken out of this whole issue and proper analysis and debate put back. It is right. It is not ‘racist’ to be worried about immigration. It
Latest figures for asylum seekers demonstrate failure of Government to protect our borders | Migration Watch UK
Commenting on the statistics on asylum seekers for July to September 2002, published on November 29, Sir Andrew Green, Chairman of MigrationwatchUK said: ‘The latest figures for asylum seekers are bad news for the Government and for the country. They show that Government policy has completely failed to achieve any reduction
Amnesty’ suggestion for illegal immigrants, an ‘extremely foolish proposal. The following is a comment from Sir Andrew Green, Chairman of MigrationwatchUK, on the reported suggestions by the House of Lords European Committee on November 28, 2002 to offer | Migration Watch UK
‘An amnesty for illegal immigrants, if that is what is proposed, would be an extremely foolish proposal. There can be no effective border control without effective removal. An amnesty would totally undermine efforts to remove those who have no right to be in Britain, and it would encourage still more
The following is a commentary on the recent Economist survey of migration from MigrationwatchUK. | Migration Watch UK
The main argument put forward is that, while the gaps in process of traded goods are now much smaller as a result of trade liberalisation, the gaps in wages are still very wide. This, in theory, permits large gains from liberalising immigration restrictions, particularly for unskilled labour where the gaps
New report challenges belief that current levels of immigration produce a net financial ‘benefit’ to nation. | Migration Watch UK
In a thorough examination of the economic case for large-scale immigration, the think-tank MigrationwatchUK reveals that the Home Office paper making this claim has ‘taken only average costs for health, housing, education etc and has conveniently forgotten to include the considerable costs of building new facilities.’ As a result the
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