The Points Based System: Dispelling the Myths
July 31, 2009- The Points Based System (PBS) is not designed to limit the number of people settling in the UK. Therefore it is completely unlike the Australian system.
- According to Government figures, the PBS would have cut net immigration in 2007 by 8%, when a reduction of 75% is required to stop the UK’s population hitting 70 million in 2028.
Introduction 1. The Home Affairs Committee issued its report on the Points based system for work permits on Friday 31 July. This Briefing Paper sets out the background.
The PBS will not prevent the UK’s population hitting 70 million 2. The Government’s own calculation is that, if the PBS had been in operation last year, it would have reduced immigration by 20,000 or 8 % of net immigration of 237,000 in 2007 (the latest available year)...
See Briefing Paper 11.14New immigration polls find nearly 80% of the British public, even in his own constituency, think the Home Secretary is ‘out of touch’ 70% of Labour voters in Britain want a sharp cut in immigration 78% of voters in Alan Johnson’s own constituency oppose his attitude to immigration
July 23, 2009New opinion polls, published today, show the Home Secretary is clearly out of touch with the public. Last week Alan Johnson told a House of Commons Committee that ‘he does not lie awake at night’ worrying that the population of the UK will reach 70 million and that he would not put a cap on the number of immigrants settling in the UK.
A YouGov opinion poll, conducted shortly afterwards for think tank Migrationwatch, shows that his views are completely at odds with the vast majority of the population:
- 81% are worried (45% of which are ‘very worried’) about the prospect of a population of 70 million in 2028. - 78% say that Alan Johnson is out of touch with people like them. - 76% want to see net immigration cut from its present level of 237,000 a year to 50,000 or less a year. Of that 76%, 32% want to see a policy of “one in, one out” while 22% want to see no immigration at all.
The party affiliations are also of interest.
Both Conservatives and Labour “conning” the public on immigration New research shows neither party will stop UK’s population hitting 70 million
July 13, 2009As the latest immigration Bill comes to the House of Commons on Tuesday for its final approval, new research published today (Briefing Paper 11.13) shows that the immigration policies of neither the Conservative Party nor the Labour Party will stop the UK’s population hitting 70 million - up from 61 million today.
The official forecast is that, in the absence of major policy changes, we will reach this point in 20 years time with nearly all the increase in England.
To avoid the UK population hitting 70 million – nine million more than today – net migration needs to be reduced from 237,000 (the 2007 figure) to 50,000, and held there. This is a 75% reduction.
To stabilise our population at 65 million we need a 100% reduction so that immigration is equal to emigration…..
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