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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
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’.
MW239 : Migration and the Demand for Housing in England | Migration Watch UK
Key Findings The Importance of Housing 1. Housing is a basic human need, probably the most important aspect of life after food, sustenance and basic security, and essential to the quality of life, the wider environment, the health and well-being of people and the efficient functioning of the economy. The
Asylum: the outcome
Summary Introduction 1. It is not possible to make a precise assessment of the outcome of asylum claims in recent years. This is mainly due to the revelation in 2006 that around 400,000 case files had been left sitting in a warehouse. These “legacy” cases have now been examined; 11
Social Housing: Rebuttal | Migration Watch UK
http://fullfact.org/ have not published Migrationwatch’s rebuttal on the £1bn cost of social housing as promised so we are publishing it on our own web site. Full Fact have challenged the Migrationwatch calculation that tax payers face a £1 billion annual bill for the next 25 years to provide enough council houses
MW237 : Commission on a Bill of Rights | Migration Watch UK
Migration Watch Response to Public Consultation The coalition government is committed to introducing a Bill of Rights, presumably to replace the present European Convention on Human Rights, though the government’s precise intentions in this regard have not been made clear. Pursuant to this commitment the government has set up a
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