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Immigration and the latest employment statistics. Nearly 80% of new jobs have gone to immigrants. | Migration Watch UK
The thrust of the Migrationwatch press release “Immigration has damaged employment prospects for British workers” (below) is reinforced by today’s employment statistics release on 11 August – see http://www.statistics.gov.uk/pdfdir/lmsuk0810.pdf. The bar chart on page 4 and table 8 show that nearly 80% of the increase in employment over the second quarter
MW198 : Deportation and Administrative Removal | Migration Watch UK
1 The subject of deportation is regulated by certain sections of the Immigration Act 1971 and administrative removal is regulated by section 10 of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999. Detailed provisions on both procedures are set out in paragraphs 362 – 395F of the Immigration Rules. Paragraph 362 states
MW197 : Removal and Right of Access to the Courts | Migration Watch UK
1 A recent decision of the High Court on judicial review has excited a considerable amount of media attention and criticism. Judgment was delivered by Mr Justice Silber on 26 July 2010 in the case of R. on Application of Medical Justice v. The Secretary of State for the Home Department [1] EWHC
MW196 : The Court of Appeal Pronounces on the Immigration Rules | Migration Watch UK
1 The Court of Appeal on 23 June 2010 delivered its judgement in the case of Pankina v. Secretary of State for the Home Department [1] EWCA Civ. 719. The case arose from a technical question of compliance with particular requirements relating to the issue of work permits under the points based system
MW194 : Will an immigration cap raise taxes and cut growth? | Migration Watch UK
Summary 1 No. Because the availability of labour is not a significant restraint on growth and will not be so for some time. Introduction 2 An article in the Financial Times on 18 June[1] claimed that “David Cameron’s proposed cap on immigration will stunt economic growth and cost families around £300
Financial Times claims for immigration fail to convince | Migration Watch UK
In a paper issued today think-tank Migrationwatch examines claims made in an article in the Financial Times on 18 June that a cap on economic migration will raise taxes and cut growth. The report points out that labour shortages are not the main constraint on growth in a period on high
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