August 28, 2008
A new report out today estimates that the influx of East Europeans coming to work in the UK will come broadly into balance within the next three years. Thereafter, most immigration will be from outside the EU and could therefore be controlled if the government had the political will to do so.
‘The impression is being carefully fostered that, since numbers from Eastern Europe are now declining, the public need no longer have concerns about UK immigration levels. Nothing could be further from the truth. In fact, East Europeans have never accounted for more than a third of the total,’ said Sir Andrew Green, chairman of Migrationwatch on the publication of its latest report.
‘The government are carrying out a major reform of the immigration system but its central feature, the Points Based System, does not limit immigration and is not even intended to do so. The latest population estimates confirm that, in the next 25 years, we will have to build seven cities the size of Birmingham just for new immigrants. This cannot be allowed to continue unchecked,’ said Sir Andrew.
Comment by Migrationwatch
August 26, 2008
Sir Andrew Green, Chairman of Migration Watch UK, responding to an Institute of Public Policy Research (IPPR) press release (at the time of posting it had not appeared on the IPPR web site), said "More immigrants settling in Britain is the last thing we need. Our population is increasing by a third of a million every year, mainly due to immigration. We will have to build the equivalent of the city of Birmingham every three years just to cope with this. The public are, rightly, deeply opposed to the present massive levels of immigration without encouraging yet more."
August 26, 2008
Listen Again to John Humphrys interviewing Sir Andrew Green and Mr Danny Sriskandarajah of the Institute of Public Policy Research, about the IPPR's new report about how immigration benefits Britain.
August 26, 2008
Harry Mitchell, QC, summarises in Briefing Paper 8.27 three recent cases which are of interest. In all three questions concerning the European Convention on Human Rights are prominent. The third case, summarised in paragraphs 10 to 17, is of particular concern. It is a decision of the European Court of Human Rights which may well have the effect, if the Home Office feels obliged to follow it, of making it more or less impossible to deport failed asylum seekers back to Sri Lanka.
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