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Immigration: Now it’s the Foreign Secretary Who Get’s His Facts Seriously Wrong | Migration Watch UK
No sooner has the PM had his knuckles wrapped by the Statistics Authority for using misleading statistics on immigration, than his Foreign Secretary does the same on Radio 5 Live. In an interview at 8.40 a.m. this morning on the Five Live Breakfast Show, David Miliband said: “One point that
Prime Minister gets it wrong on immigration – again | Migration Watch UK
In his speech on immigration on 31 March, the Prime Minister attacked “those who propose a quota” on immigration. He claimed that it was unworkable and quoted from an IPPR paper to support his case. In fact nobody is calling for a quota on immigration. He was, presumably, confusing an
MW186 : Can We Limit Immigration? | Migration Watch UK
Summary 1 A broad immigration policy objective of net immigration at 40,000 a year is feasible provided that the number of economic migrants permitted to settle is of the order of 30,000 a year.Introduction 2 An IPPR (Institute for Public Policy Research) paper issued in March 2010 questioned both the
MW184 : LIBERAL DEMOCRAT IMMIGRATION POLICY | Migration Watch UK
Summary1 Tough rhetoric about “control” seems designed to distract attention from the absence of limits of any kind. Introduction2 Liberal Democrat policy on immigration has three main strands : [1]a) Emphasis on “control”b) A scheme for directing immigration to some regionsc) Support for illegal immigrants to be allowed to “earn
The Immigration Appeals System Revised – 2010 Version
This Briefing Paper substantially amends and brings up to date the previous version dated March 2005, taking account of recent changes in the law. Introduction1 The immigration appeals system has undergone major changes twice in recent years. Until April 2005 there was a two tier system, the first tier consisting
Labour’s mass immigration policy was politically inspired | Migration Watch UK
The massive increase in immigration under Labour was a deliberate policy undertaken for “social” as well as economic reasons. This is the conclusion of a study by Migrationwatch of documents obtained under the Freedom of Information Act. In an article for the Evening Standard last October, Andrew Neather, a former
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