Research

Migration Watch approaches our research output carefully and diligently; while we have a proven track record of getting it right on the issue, we know how sensitive the topic is and ensure we provide neutral, non-partisan and numbers-based analysis. On that basis, we source our numbers from officially published statistics reports, most usually the Office for National Statistics (ONS), the National Audit Office (NAO), the Home Office (HO), and other arms of His Majesty’s Government.

Where needed, we make projections guided by statistical inference and modelling guided by one of our co-founders, Dr David Coleman, Emeritus Professor of Demographics at the University of Oxford. We place the highest possible premium on numbers-based analysis, and ensure and encourage a calm and level-headed approach to the facts concerning this paramount issue.

MW244 : Office for Budget Responsibility: Economic and Fiscal Outlook November 2011 | Migration Watch UK

Introduction 1. The Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) was established in 2010 to provide advice independent of government of the UK’s public finances. Coinciding with the Chancellor’s Autumn Statement, delivered on 29 November 2011, it published forecasts of the economy for the period to 2016/17 and also assessed whether the

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December 7, 2011

MW242 : Population Densities and Immigration | Migration Watch UK

1. The most recent ONS statistics show that there are an estimated 7.1 million non-UK born people resident in the UK[1] of whom 6.6 million or 93% live in England; they comprise 13% of the population. 2. By contrast, in Scotland there are only an estimated 326,000 foreign born migrants who

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November 18, 2011

Migration Watch UK Comment on Migration Advisory Committee Reports issued this morning | Migration Watch UK

In relation to the MAC’s Review of the transitional restrictions on access of Bulgarian and Romanian nationals to the UK labour market, Sir Andrew Green said: “The MAC have got this absolutely right. It would be intolerable to have another inflow of East Europeans when unemployment is running at 2.5 million.” Commenting

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November 4, 2011

MW241 : Forced Marriage and the Supreme Court – What Next? | Migration Watch UK

In legal Legal Paper MW 240 I summarised the judgement of the Supreme Court in the case of Quila, decided in October 2011. In 2008 Rule 277 of the Immigration Rules had been amended to raise the minimum age for the issue of marriage visas from 18 to 21. The motivation behind

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November 4, 2011

MW240 : Forced Marriage and the Supreme Court | Migration Watch UK

The important case of Quila v. Secretary of State for the Home Department [1] UKSC 45 was decided by the Supreme Court on 12 October 2011. It was brought by two appellants who were refused leave to enter as spouses on grounds of their being under the age of 21 in accordance

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October 28, 2011

The Prime Minister’s Speech on Immigration | Migration Watch UK

Comment by Alp Mehmet, Vice Chairman, Migration Watch UK This is the Prime Minister’s second speech on immigration in six months showing he clearly means business. We wholeheartedly support this. It is refreshing that he recognises that the Points Based System is a ‘box ticking exercise’.

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October 10, 2011