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The Lords amendment designed to derail Brexit that MPs should reject today | Migration Watch UK
By Lord Green of DeddingtonChairman of Migration Watch UKConservative Home, 13 March, 2017 Today, the Commons will consider a key amendment to the Bill triggering our withdrawal negotiations with the EU. It should be very firmly opposed. Let us be in no doubt that the effect, perhaps unintended, of the amendment
The final Brexit deal must honour the public’s desire for reduced net migration | Migration Watch UK
By Lord Green of DeddingtonChairman of Migration Watch UKUK in a Changing Europe, 7 March, 2017 With the most complex negotiations in our history about to commence, the outcome on immigration will be crucial. Since 2004, Polish plumbers, Italian baristas and, indeed, a whole range of less-stereotypicalEuropean migrants have come to
MW404 : APPG on Social Integration Proposal for Regional Policy | Migration Watch UK
1. In August 2016 the All Party Parliamentary Group on Social Integration launched an inquiry into how immigration policy could more effectively promote integration.[1] Their interim report sets out six principles that they believe could promote better integration, by which they mean the extent to which people conform to shared norms
MW402 : City of London/PwC Proposal for Regional Immigration Policy | Migration Watch UK
Summary 1. The regional visa system proposed by the City of London and PwC would require a total overhaul of the immigration system causing unnecessary confusion and chaos and would place a significant additional bureaucratic and administrative burden on employers, local authorities and UK Visas and Immigration. The system would
MW403 : IPPR Proposal for Regional Work Permit System | Migration Watch UK
Summary 1. The IPPR proposal for a regional immigration system is incompatible with a target for net migration, a manifesto commitment on which they won a majority in the 2015 General Election. The proposal would likely lead to a rise in net migration, with significant implications for population growth and
Migration Watch UK press comment on today’s ONS net migration figures | Migration Watch UK
Commenting, Mr Alp Mehmet, Vice-Chairman of Migration Watch UK, said: “This is a step in the right direction. Significantly, EU migration overall is virtually unchanged over the year. There is still a net inflow from Eastern Europe, especially from Romania and Bulgaria. These workers are generally in low-paid employment so
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