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ONS Population Projections | Migration Watch UK
Today, the ONS released further population projections based on varying net migration estimates. Commenting, Sir Andrew Green said: “These latest official projections underline the huge importance of the government keeping to its promise to get net migration down below 100,000. Even at 100,000 these figures show that our population will reach 70 million in
MW247 : Youth Unemployment and Immigration from the A8 Countries | Migration Watch UK
Summary 1 The accession of eight former Soviet-bloc countries in Eastern Europe – the A8 – to the European Union from May 2004, led to a very substantial migration from these countries to the UK. Around 1.6 million workers from the A8 have come to the UK since accession.[1] Many will
MW248 : Public opinion on immigration | Migration Watch UK
Summary 1. A paper that casts doubt on the strength of public opinion on immigration has been embraced by the immigration lobby[1]. However, the opinion survey on which it was based bore no relation to the policy measures actually proposed by the government. Detail 2. The Migration Observatory report “Thinking
MW243 : UK Population Projections – How to stay below 70 million | Migration Watch UK
Summary 1. Only a significant reduction in net migration to below 40,000 a year will stabilise the UK’s population at below 70 million. UK Population Projections 2. The graph below shows the UK recorded population[1] for the last one hundred years and the projected population out to 2061[2] at different levels of
MW246 : Marriage Visas and English Language Requirements | Migration Watch UK
The requirements to be met by applicants for marriage visas needed to bring in to the United Kingdom with a view to settlement in the UK spouses from countries outside the EEA are set out in Rule 281 of the Immigration Rules made under section 3 of the Immigration Act
MW245 : Family Visitor Appeals | Migration Watch UK
Summary 1. The number of family visitor appeals has increased six fold, to nearly a thousand a week, since charges were abolished in 2002. The cost has reached approximately £1 million a week. The definition of family visitor is so wide that it could include as many as 120 relatives
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