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Migration Watch UK Press Comment on the Home Secretary’s speech at the Conservative Party Conference | Migration Watch UK
Commenting, Mr Alp Mehmet, Vice Chairman of Migration Watch UK, said: These are very welcome steps forward. The number of non-EU migrants coming to the UK is at 190,000 a year, many of whom appear to be students who are not leaving after their courses have finished. The referendum underlined
EU will be unable to cope with asylum crisis without significant legal and administrative changes | Migration Watch UK
A review of the legal and policy framework is now essential if the EU is to cope with the huge number of migrants and asylum seekers flowing into Southern Europe. That is the conclusion of a report (attached) issued today by Migration Watch UK. Almost 1.3 million applications for asylum
MW392 : Migration is not the way to staff the care sector. The answer is to improve pay and conditions. | Migration Watch UK
Summary 1. Migrants account for only about 18.4% of the care sector work force but their availability has a depressing effect on wages and conditions in the sector. A recent report shows that, if the sector remains unattractive, there will be a large shortage of workers even in the highest
Improve pay and conditions in the social care sector rather than relying on migration | Migration Watch UK
The answer to possible future shortages of workers in the care sector is better pay and better terms of employment, not more migration Relying on migration to tackle potential shortfalls in the social care workforce will continue to depress sector wages and allow poor working conditions to be swept under
MW391 : A limit on work permits for skilled EU migrants after Brexit | Migration Watch UK
Summary 1. An annual limit for highly skilled migration from the EU should be set at a level that allows for the renewal of the current stock, together with some room for expansion. We estimate that the annual limit should be set at 30,000 a year. Eliminating lower-skilled work could
After Brexit EU migration for work must be reserved for highly-skilled roles with a limit of 30,000 a year | Migration Watch UK
An annual limit of 30,000 work permits for EU migration should be sufficient to allow businesses access to the skills they require while also achieving a reduction of about 100,000 a year in net migration from the EU over the medium term. That is the finding of a paper being released by
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