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Public strongly oppose votes for foreign citizens | Migration Watch UK
Last week a report by Migrationwatch revealed that about one million Commonwealth citizens who are not British citizens nevertheless have the right to vote in our General Elections. The government’s response was that this right to vote in our elections “reflects our close historical ties with Commonwealth countries. Excluding Commonwealth
Migration Watch UK response to the latest net migration figures – students are a key element in net migration. | Migration Watch UK
Despite a small increase over the quarter, these latest figures show that government policy is succeeding in reducing inflows from outside the EU – by 50,000 over the year. Future reductions in net migration will depend on ensuring that people leave when they should. In this connection the student figures
Foreign citizens votes could critically affect outcome of 2015 election and EU referendum | Migration Watch UK
A million foreign citizens can vote in all British elections Commonwealth Citizens who have not yet qualified for British Citizenship, or have not even applied, should no longer be entitled to vote in British general elections, nor in the forthcoming referendum on UK membership of the EU. That is the
Votes for Commonwealth Citizens
Summary 1. There could be as many as one million migrants from the Commonwealth who have the right to vote in UK Parliamentary elections, despite not being British citizens. Voting rights for the whole Commonwealth are an anachronism from the days of the British Empire and should be brought to
Votes for Commonwealth Citizens
Summary 1. There could be as many as one million migrants from the Commonwealth who have the right to vote in UK Parliamentary elections, despite not being British citizens. Voting rights for the whole Commonwealth are an anachronism from the days of the British Empire and should be brought to
MW314 : Immigration and Public Debt – Comment on the OBR’s Sustainability Report 2013 | Migration Watch UK
Summary 1. The recent OBR report was deeply misleading on immigration because it: Detail 2. The recent OBR report on fiscal sustainability has been widely misunderstood or misquoted to suggest that immigration control would massively increase the burden of public debt. For example: “How much do we want to cut
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