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Labour’s feeble plan to tackle Channel crossing asylum seekers
Summary 1. During 2022, more than 880,000 first-time asylum seekers applied for international protection in the EU, up by an remarkable 64% compared with 2021. 2. [1]Meanwhile, more than 45,700 migrants crossed the English Channel to come to the UK by dinghy last year and, so far this year, more than
Massive recent increase in lower skilled immigrant workers
Summary 1. The Conservative election manifesto in 2019 stated that attracting highly skilled workers would be a key policy objective. The government’s aim was to make the UK “a magnet for the best and brightest”, meaning that “there will be fewer lower-skilled migrants” and “overall numbers will come down.”[1] 2.
Record net migration and the rising demand for housing
Summary 1. If net migration to the UK is allowed to continue at the present record level of 606,000 per year, the UK population is projected to grow by more than 15 million by 2046 – far surpassing the level of 80 million before mid-century. It is estimated that this
Unmanaged Migration
Summary1. The Government describes its policy as one of “Managed Migration”. In practice, the tools of management are not in place,yet steps have been taken to encourage immigration on a verylarge scale. 2. Furthermore, there is a clear inconsistency in strenuous Government efforts to reduce “asylum seekers” by 50,000 a
How can the UK stop relying on overseas doctors?
Summary Introduction 1. Medicine is amongst the UK’s most popular higher education course categories attracting tens of thousands of applicants every year who compete for 7,000 limited places in England and around 1,900 places in the rest of the UK. 2. However, the number of places has not kept up
Modern slavery Referrals by small boat migrants (2018-2022)
Key points Introduction 1.Since 2018, England’s southern coast has experienced frequent, often daily, crossing of immigrants arriving in the United Kingdom illegally via small boats holding anything from five to fifty or more people. This year, it has emerged that a significant number of these individuals have been making claims
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