Research published by the Balanced Migration group today shows that 92% of immigration has been to England and 95% of population growth will be in England. Migrationwatch website has been revamped and updated. This should make it easier to find any information on immigration and asylum issues you may require. In particular, two overview papers - "What is the problem?" and "What can be done?" may prove to be useful. A new poll has found that more than 7 out of 10 adults want immigration cut by over 80%. Just 1 in 20 adults support the current level. The YouGov poll, which was commissioned by Migrationwatch for the Cross Party Group on Balanced Migration, found that 79 per cent of people were “concerned” or “very concerned” about the issue of immigration. Net foreign immigration – the number of immigrants minus the number of emigrants – has run at about 300,000 a year for the last five years. See the full Press Release for the YouGov poll. This paper describes and assesses the development of EU policy and legislation on asylum issues, since the Treaty of Amsterdam, adopted in 1997, first gave the EU institutions powers of legislation on this subject. The first part of the paper summarises the developments in the powers of the EU institutions to legislate on asylum and immigration matters. The second, third and fourth parts describe in detail the legislation on asylum adopted by the Council of Ministers and the European Parliament between 2001 and 2005 following the programme adopted by the European Council of Heads of State and Government at their meeting at Tampere in Finland in October 1999. The fifth part describes the background to the European Commission’s plans for further legislation following the programme adopted by the European Council at its Hague meeting in 1990 and outlines three proposals put forward by the Commission to amend some of the earlier legislation in December 2008. The sixth part of the paper assesses some policy and legal problems which the UK government may have to deal with in responding to these new proposals. Finally, I give a brief overall assessment of how the EU’s legislation on asylum has worked so far and its impact on the UK
Press Releases
Over 90% of immigration is to England
May 27, 2009Media Information
May 26, 2009Public want a massive cut in immigration Nearly 80 per cent concerned about the issue
May 20, 2009Briefing Papers
A Survey of European Asylum Policy and Legislation
May 20, 2009
Thursday, 28 May 2009
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