Saturday, 30 May 2009




A selection of recent media reports

The rise of British racism may be horribly close As the June elections draw close, Fraser Nelson goes on the stump with the BNP and is struck by a troubling paradox: the less racist Britain is, the more popular this racist party becomes. As Westminster implodes, far Right politicians are posturing as the tribunes of working people The Spectator (29-May-2009)

UKIP 2009 Election Broadcast 3 Immigration and the loss of control over the UK's borders are the themes of UKIP's third Euro elections broadcast. UK Independence Party (29-May-2009)

Illegals welcome, tourists..deported WE'RE getting some great stories on SunTalk but none has angered me more than the report of how Aussie Jodi Dawes was deported from our green and pleasant... Online Sun (29-May-2009)

Failed asylum seeker back in UK Fatou Felicity Gaye and her four-year-old son, Arouna, were taken to Dungavel Detention Centre after a dawn raid in Glasgow earlier this month. They were flown to Ivory Coast on Thursday but turned back after officials there refused them... BBC News UK (29-May-2009)

Immigration officers constrained by rules For an effective visa and border control system there can be no financial consideration The Times (29-May-2009)

New Labour's victims are Middle Britons who obey the law, work long hours and are taxed almost to extinction. This is pl.. There are just two categories of Briton who have done well out of New Labour. The first, it goes without saying, is the very rich. Thanks to Gordon Brown's tax breaks, New Labour's election landslide of 1997 produced private wealth on a scale not seen since the plutocrats bestrode Edwardian England on the... The Mail On Sunday (28-May-2009)

Press Releases


Major Parties Help Fringe Groups With Their Silence on Immigration Immigration largely ignored in main manifestos

May 28, 2009

The three main parties are once again ignoring widespread public concern about the number of immigrants allowed into the UK in their manifestos for next week's European elections.

An analysis of the parties' manifestos on this highly sensitive issue - consistently rated among the top three concerns of the public for a number of years - finds no hint of any desire for an open and frank discussion, let alone any meaningful commitment to bring down the highest immigration levels in our history. The analysis was prepared by think tank Migrationwatch...

For the full text of this article see the Press Release. See Briefing Paper 11.12 for source references used in Migrationwatch's assessments.


Over 90% of immigration is to England

May 27, 2009

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.