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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
Social Housing and Migration in England
Key Findings Demand for Housing 1. Net migration leads to an increase in demand for housing, reflected in projected household formation. 2. The three main types of housing provided in the UK are: owner occupier, private rented accommodation, and social housing, provided by local authorities or other ‘social landlords’. The
Findings of the Home Affairs Committee into Student Visas | Migration Watch UK
In response to the Committee’s press statement that the “over-hasty student visas policy could cost the economy £3.6 billion”, Sir Andrew Green, Chairman of Migration Watch UK, commented: “This cost of £3.6 billion is deeply unconvincing. It rests on the assumption that none of the work currently being done by foreign students
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