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The Fiscal Contribution of Migrants. (Revised)
Introductory Note1. Shortly after this paper was originally published (on 25 April 2006) we received notification from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) that the data supplied to us relating to birthplace of UK-born childrens parents was wrong. This revised paper is now based on revised data sent to us
Numbers Matter. It is time for mainstream politics to debate the scale of British immigration | Migration Watch UK
Writing in the latest edition of Prospect magazine Bob Rowthorn, Professor of Economics at Cambridge University, highlights the impact of migration on the composition of our society if it were to continue at the 2004 level of 223,000 net immigration. The UK’s population would reach 74 million by 2051 and would continue
The Need for Immigration by David Frost, Commentary, Finance Times, July 23, 2006 | Migration Watch UK
A defence of businesses employing migrant workers from the director-general of the British Chambers of Commerce. Click here to read this article.
The Multi-Identity Society England and Immigration. By Hazhir Teimourian. Harvard International Review, July 2006 | Migration Watch UK
Mr Teimourian is a member of the Advisory Council of Migration Watch UK. He is a writer on Middle Eastern history and politics. Born in 1940 in the Kurdish region of western Iran Mr Teimourian came to the UK in 1959 for his higher education. He stayed on and has
Amnesty for illegal immigrants would overwhelm social housing provision | Migration Watch UK
If an amnesty were to be granted to the hundreds of thousands of illegal immigrants thought to be in the UK it would take 20-30 years – at the present rate of building – to provide social housing for them, says a new report out today. And it would only
Public comprehensively reject calls for amnesty for illegal immigrants | Migration Watch UK
The public has overwhelmingly rejected the idea of an amnesty for illegal immigrants. In a poll for think tank Migrationwatch, conducted by YouGov, (see results*) 72% either strongly disagreed (45%) or disagreed (27%) with an amnesty while it was supported by just 11%. The results were broadly consistent across social
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