A selection of recent media reports
POPULATION WILL SOAR TO 70 MILLION, STUDY WARNS HOME Office claims that Britains population will be limited to below 70 million were demolished by a new study yesterday. Daily Express (03-Sep-2009)
BRITAIN MUST ALLOW IN THOUSANDS MORE REFUGEES, SAYS EU BRITAIN and other European nations must accept a massive new wave of refugees from Africa, the EU s most senior immigration official said yesterday. Daily Express (03-Sep-2009)
Wembley store faces fines after immigration raid A WEMBLEY cash and carry could be fined as much as £30,000 after a raid uncovered three illegal workers. Immigration officials raided Rafiki Wholesale, in Fourth Way, on Thursday, arresting three Indian men, aged between 23 and 45, for a number of offences, including entering the country without leave and... This is Local London (02-Sep-2009)
More homes for refugees as Europe aims to end people-trafficking Europe is planning to take more refugees under a common resettlement scheme launched yesterday that aims to end people-trafficking from the worlds conflict zones. Times Online (02-Sep-2009)
Population of UK will hit 70 million, warns think tank The population of the UK is still on course to hit 70 million within 25 years despite Government pledges that it will not, research by a think tank shows. Daily Telegraph (02-Sep-2009)
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September 1, 2009 How Immigration Affects Population Size
Full Text of Releases : September 2009
How Immigration Affects Population Size
A UK population of 70 million remains very likely within 25 years, despite the probably temporary effect of the recession. That is the conclusion of a report issued today by Migrationwatch.
The baby boom and the International Passenger Survey figures released last week have cast the spotlight on the growth in our population. The birth rate has gone up, partly due to immigration, but net immigration is now likely to be much lower for 2008 due largely to a greater outflow of EU citizens – presumably as a result of the recession. Meanwhile, the Minister for Immigration has challenged the validity of the population projections produced by the independent Office for National Statistics (ONS). He has also given the public an assurance that the population of the UK will not reach 70 million.
With immigration now accounting for nearly 70% of projected population growth, the link between the two becomes of major importance in determining the kind of country that Britain will be in decades to come. Briefing Paper 9.24sets out the very careful manner in which the ONS arrives at the assumption about future immigration which is one of the key variables underlying their population projections.
Commenting, Sir Andrew Green, Chairman of Migrationwatch, said
“The record shows that, at 20 years range, the ONS population projections have been accurate to 2.5% for the past half century. There are bound to be uncertainties about both birth rates and immigration but it is thoroughly irresponsible to dismiss projections that have been carefully arrived at. At a minimum, they demonstrate what is very likely to happen in the absence of a major change in immigration policy. Such changes to our society are, in practice, irreversible as we have already seen.
The government’s own survey, also released last week, showed that 80% of the public want to see immigration reduced, 53% 'by a lot'. The government are in denial about the impact of their failure to control immigration on the whole nature of our society. They must now respond to intense public concern with a firm undertaking to take the measures necessary to limit the growth in our population rather than yet more attempts at spin.”
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