A selection of recent media reports
Public Misled by Tough-Sounding Talk
Gordon Brown's first speech on immigration was a seriously missed opportunity. He, himself, said that it was an issue to be dealt with at the heart of our politics but his own contribution was remarkably feeble.
Migration Watch UK (13-Nov-2009)
Gordon Brown offers too little, too late on immigration
Telegraph View: A country that refuses to accept incomers will, in time, become stagnant and inward-looking; it is a question of balance - and the Government got it wrong.
The Daily Telegraph (13-Nov-2009)
Brown tries to draw the sting on immigration
Spent the morning in the Thurrock constituency Labour majority 6,000. Some polls suggest this sort of majority is the real current front line in Labour-Conservative marginals.
Channel Four (13-Nov-2009)
THE PRIME MINISTER IS NOT BEING HONEST ON IMMIGRATION
ANYONE taking Gordon Brown s speech on immigration at face value is a fool. The Prime Minister s claim that the Government s new points-based system for economic migrants will have a major impact is...
Daily Express (13-Nov-2009)
BROWN IN MIGRANT VOW 10 YEARS LATE
GORDON Brown last night stood accused of leaving it too late to curb immigration. After years of Labour s open door policy, the PM finally admitted more needs to be done to stop the growing tide of...
Daily Star (13-Nov-2009)
IMMIGRATION CONTROLS ARE A JOKE
GORDON Brown faced furious accusations of being in denial last night after claiming to have grasped the depth of public anger over Labours open-door immigration...
Daily Express (13-Nov-2009)
SPECIAL INVESTIGATION: The myth of Britain's foreign sex slaves
The overblown language was more red-top tabloid than heavyweight Government announcement. Issued by the Home Office, the press release bragged about the success of the largest-ever police crackdown on human trafficking - 'one of the worst crimes threatening our society'.
Daily Mail (13-Nov-2009)
Playing party politics with immigration
So declared Gordon Brown yesterday, in his first speech on immigration for almost two years - a telling statistic which may help to explain why an electorate that considers the issue so important has deserted his party in...
Daily Mail (13-Nov-2009)
Gerri Peev: Gordon Brown like boxer on ropes over bruising issue and rise of the far-right
THE Prime Minister has been slow to react to recent immigration controversy, with reflexes like a lumbering boxer moments before he is counted out. Gordon Brown has decided to take a jab at the thorny issue of foreigners coming to Britain many months after public concern on the issue exploded, ignited.
The Scotsman (13-Nov-2009)
Brown to get tough on student visas and foreign skilled workers
Portrayal of immigration concerns as racist is 'lazy elitism', says Prime...
The Independent (13-Nov-2009)
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The Prime Minister's Speech Ducked the Impact of Immigration on Population
November, 13 2009In his speech on 12 November, the Prime Minster made no mention of the official population projections which show that the UK population will reach 70 million in 2029. Some commentators have claimed that these projections are "meaningless". Migrationwatch research (see Briefing Paper 9.25) puts this issue in prospective and shows that 70 million is very likely unless the government take very strong measures to cut back immigration.
Migrationwatch Reaction to Prime Minister's Speech on Immigration
November, 12 2009Sir Andrew Green said that "The Prime Minister is still in deep denial about the population crisis which we now face. His government have brought 3 million immigrants to Britain and they will add another 7 million to our population in the next 25 years. In this context the measures, largely re-announced, in his speech are trivial. This is totally unacceptable."
The Points Based System: Why it will not stop our population hitting 70 million
November, 11 2009"At his press conference on 10 November, the Prime Minister claimed that the Goverment's Points Based System "has made a huge difference" to immigration.
However, our study of the system reveals very serious weaknesses. We think that it has eliminated the professional judgement of Immigration Officers in favour of a complex box ticking process which is wide open to fraud. (see Briefing Paper 3.9)
Furthermore, the Government's own assessment is that it would only have reduced immigration by 20,000 if it had been operating throughout 2008. A reduction of at least 100,000 a year is needed if the population of the UK is to be kept below 70million."
Migrationwatch Chairman, Sir Andrew Green's comment on Home Secretary, Alan Johnson's interview with the Independent
November 9, 2009"At last he has woken up. In July, after his remark that he did not lose any sleep over the prospect of a population of 70 million, we conducted an opinion poll in his own constituency of Hull. 80% thought he was out of touch with people like them. 85% were concerned about a population of 70 million. 83% wanted immigration cut from its 2007 level of 237,000 to less than 50,000.
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