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MW267 : Post Study Work Route | Migration Watch UK
Summary 1. Recent reforms to the Post Study Work Route for non-EU students do not go far enough and consideration should be given to closing the route completely. Closing or restricting the ability to work after study would go some way towards making the route genuinely temporary as the University
Response to Yvette Cooper’s Times article | Migration Watch UK
In response to Yvette Cooper’s article in The Times of 21 June, Sir Andrew Green, Chairman of Migration Watch UK said: “This is a very significant shift of policy and is music to our ears, confirming what we have been saying for ten years. But it is a bit rich coming from
Comment by Kiran Bali on Changes to Family Migration
In response to today’s oral statement by the Home Secretary Theresa May on family migration, Kiran Bali MBE, Advisory Council member of Migration Watch UK said: “This is a very valuable step forward. We must do everything possible to ensure that new migrants are able to integrate successfully into our
Immigration – How to Achieve the Government’s Target | Migration Watch UK
Summary 1 The central issue of immigration control has been largely misunderstood in recent public discussion. It is neither EU immigration nor British emigration as they largely cancel each other out (although neither, of course, is subject to government control). Nor is it the fact that emigration has not kept
MW262 : List of Foreign Heads of State and Notable Alumni who studied at UK Institutions | Migration Watch UK
Head of State Country Institution 1 King Hamad ibn Isa Al Khalifa Bahrain Independent Secondary School 2 KIng Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck Bhutan Oxford University 3 President Ian Khama Botswana Sandhurst 4 Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah Brunei Sandhurst 5 Queen Margrethe II Denmark Cambridge University and LSE 6 President Nicholas Liverpool
Foreign Nationals Occupy 1 in 5 of London’ Social Housing | Migration Watch UK
Figures just obtained from the Office of National Statistics show that foreign national families live in over 350,000 council and housing association properties in the capital while British nationals occupy 1.5 million. That is just under 20% of the entire stock of social homes which are occupied by those who
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