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Membership of the EU’s Single Market is a recipe for mass immigration | Migration Watch UK
Mass immigration for the foreseeable future will be inevitable if Britain remains a member of the Single Market. That is the conclusion of a paper released today by Migration Watch UK. The paper examines the consequences of the UK remaining a full member of the Single Market which would require continued acceptance
MW394 : Immigration and Brexit – A summary of our recent work | Migration Watch UK
In view of the government’s silence on their Brexit work, we have published our own suggestions on immigration. We believe that the best approach would be to extend our existing system of work permits to skilled workers from the EU. Around 30,000 would be required to meet the needs of business
Scotland’s need for skilled migrant workers
Summary 1. The Scottish Government has claimed that Scotland needs continued free movement of people for EU citizens when the UK leaves the European Union, to deal with a ‘skills gap’.[1] But new analysis of the Labour Force Survey suggests that the proportion of Scotland’s total highly-skilled workforce comprised of EU
Should the UK apply substantially different immigration rules to different parts of the UK post-Brexit?
Summary 1. The application of substantially different immigration rules in the UK’s various devolved authorities and cities after the UK leaves the European Union would be unjustified and impracticable. Such a system would also be extremely complex, distort competition and introduce local anomalies. Fundamentally, it would seriously undermine the government’s
Migration Watch UK press release: Divergent immigration rules different parts of the UK would be a recipe for chaos | Migration Watch UK
Implementing different immigration policies for separate parts of the UK would be a recipe for chaos and would risk infuriating the public by undermining efforts to reduce migration. That is the conclusion of a briefing paper being published by Migration Watch UK. The paper also finds that regional immigration schemes would be
A tailored immigration system for EEA citizens after Brexit
Summary 1. It is clear from the referendum result that the British public wants net migration to be reduced substantially. The best way to do this, following Brexit, would be through a widening of our present work permit system to include European Economic Area (EEA) workers offered highly skilled jobs.[1] There
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