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The Migration Matters Trust and their estimate of migration from Bulgaria and Romania 20 Aug 2013 | 09:20 pm
On 8th August the Migration Matters Trust (MMT), chaired by Barbara Roche and co-chaired by Gavin Barwell MP published their estimate of immigration from Romania and Bulgaria which they put at 20,000 ...
ONS Labour Market Statistics 14 Aug 2013 | 09:56 pm
Commenting on the ONS’s Labour market statistics, Sir Andrew Green, Chairman of Migration Watch UK said: “This increase of just over a third in Romanian and Bulgarian workers in the UK over the past ...
The OBR and Immigration (revised) 14 Aug 2013 | 06:29 pm
Summary 1. The recent OBR report was deeply misleading on immigration because it: - chose for the summary an entirely theoretical scenario. - made no assessment of the government’s...
Chris Bryant’s Speech 12 Aug 2013 | 08:20 pm
Commenting on Chris Bryant’s Immigration speech, Sir Andrew Green, Chairman of Migration Watch UK said: "Chris Bryant's speech ducks the main issue. It says little about the level of immigration or h...
Chief Inspector of Immigration: Report on Juxtaposed Controls 8 Aug 2013 | 10:30 am
Commenting on the report, Mr Alp Mehmet, Vice Chairman of Migration Watch UK said: "The Chief Inspector is right to point to inadequate Border Force resources, especially at Calais. It is time the go...
The OBR and Immigration 6 Aug 2013 | 03:23 pm
This year’s report by the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) on the sustainability of the government’s fiscal position included an Annex on immigration. This suggested that the UK’s public debt / ...
Public Administration Select Committee Report on Migration Statistics 29 Jul 2013 | 12:13 pm
26 July,2013 Commenting on the report, Sir Andrew Green, Chairman of Migration Watch UK, said: "Better statistics would, of course, be helpful. But blunt instruments have their uses. The immigration...
Comment on the Office for Budgetary Responsibility report 18 Jul 2013 | 03:37 pm
Commenting on the report released by the Office for Budgetary Responsibility, Sir Andrew Green, Chairman of Migration Watch UK, said: “Once again the OBR has given only part of the story. It is true ...
No sign yet of any significant inflow from Southern Europe 16 Jul 2013 | 05:54 pm
1. To see if there has been a recent increase in immigration from the EU14 there are three useful sources of data: Long Term International Migration Data (LTIM); Annual Population Survey (APS) and; Na...
Home Affairs Committee Report on the work of the UK Border Agency 13 Jul 2013 | 06:15 am
Commenting on the Home Affairs Committee Report, Sir Andrew Green, Chairman of Migration Watch UK, said: "The government inherited a system in chaos. There have been signs of improvement but this new...
