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Lib Dem Voters Strongly Opposed to an Amnesty | Migration Watch UK
A new poll out today shows that the public are opposed to Nick Clegg’s policy of an amnesty for illegal immigrants. Among those intending to vote for the Liberal Democrats, opponents outnumber supporters by more than two to one. The poll by YouGov, commissioned by MigrationwatchUK, did not use the
Population and National Debt | Migration Watch UK
Latest analysis shows that, as Britain struggles to pay down its huge national debt, we will have to provide for an extra one million people solely as a result of immigration over the next five years. This is equivalent to the combined populations of Manchester, Liverpool and York. The figures,
Now it’s the BBC that blunder over immigration statistics | Migration Watch UK
On the 10 o’clock TV news on 30 April, the BBC “Reality Check” claimed that, in 2008, there was a net outflow of non EU workers of 8,000 so the real pressure on British jobs was from a net inflow of 46,000 EU workers which none of the parties had
MW191 : Now it’s the BBC that Blunder over Immigration Statistics | Migration Watch UK
On the 10 o’clock news on 30 April, the BBC Home Affairs Editor[1] claimed that, in 2008, there was a net outflow of non UK workers of 8,000 so the real pressure on British jobs was from a net inflow of 46,000 EU workers which none of the parties had
MW189 : Lifetime Unit Cost of an Illegal Immigrant if an Amnesty Were Granted | Migration Watch UK
Introduction1 It is estimated that there are 1.1million illegal immigrants in the UK [1]. This paper provides the estimated unit Lifetime cost for an illegal immigrant if granted an amnesty. Summary2 The Lifetime costs of each working illegal immigrant once regularised are estimated at £220,000 for a single person, £560,000
Cost per head of an Amnesty about £½ Million Per Head Over a Lifetime | Migration Watch UK
A new report out today examines the cost of granting an amnesty to an illegal immigrant. The report, by think tank Migrationwatch, follows their estimate last week that there are about 1.1 million people living illegally in the UK. Many of them are working on the black market at less than the
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