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Migration Watch UK Press Comment on Romanian and Bulgarian Labour Migration | Migration Watch UK
Commenting on the figures released in today’s Labour Force Survey, Sir Andrew Green, Chairman of Migration Watch UK, said: “A 13,000 increase in the number of Romanian and Bulgarian workers compared to the same quarter last year is significant, especially as transitional controls were still in place for the first half of the
Migration Watch UK Press Comment on Huge Rise in A8 Employment | Migration Watch UK
Commenting on the figures, Sir Andrew Green, Chairman of Migration Watch UK said: “This is the sharpest increase in A8 migration since the boom year of 2007. The fact that it has occurred despite measures to restrict benefits underlines the need for Britain to renegotiate with the EU about the
MW336 : The fiscal impact of migration to the UK – Where are we now? | Migration Watch UK
Summary 1. It now seems beyond doubt that migration is a considerable cost to the exchequer. Even on assumptions favourable to migrants, the most recent and extensive academic research found that migration from 1995 to 2011 had cost the taxpayer £96 billion or about £15 million a day. The claim
MW335 : Minimum Income Requirement | Migration Watch UK
The Court of Appeal in the recent case of MM v. Secretary of State for the Home Department [1] EWCA Civ. 985 had to consider the minimum income requirement introduced into the Immigration Rules in June 2012. Previously the requirement for the issue of a marriage visa, as set out in Rule 281
MW334 : Immigration Act 2014 – Article 8 ECHR – Public interest considerations | Migration Watch UK
1. There has been much concern in recent years about the number of cases in which convicted foreign criminals have been able to frustrate decisions to remove or deport them from the United Kingdom by reliance in appeals against such decisions on Article 8 of the European Convention on Human
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