A selection of recent media reports
Europe must bring back border guards to fight illegal immigration, says Sarkozy's party chief
The head of French President Nicolas Sarkozy's party says Europe should bring back border guards to fight illegal...
Mail Online (12-Aug-2010)
Why foreigners are the new working class
Salman Rushdie was right when he said that it sometimes seems that the British authorities, no longer capable of...
Telegraph Blogs (12-Aug-2010)
FOREIGNERS GET 77% OF NEW JOBS IN BRITAIN AS TOO
FOREIGN-born workers are snapping up jobs as Britons languish on benefits, figures revealed yesterday.
Daily Express (12-Aug-2010)
Record four out of five jobs going to foreigners between May and June
Nearly four out of five new jobs in Britain have gone to foreigners over the past three months, official figures show.
Daily Telegraph (12-Aug-2010)
Foreign workers surge by 114,000... but the number of Britons with jobs falls
The number of foreign workers has increased by 114,000 in the last year while people born in Britain continued to lose...
Mail Online (12-Aug-2010)
Foreign-born workers get three-quarters of British jobs
Workers born outside Britain bagged most of the jobs in the country despite a steep surge in recruitment this year, adding to the worries of unemployed British youths, campaigners have...
Irish Sun (12-Aug-2010)
MORE JOBS SNAPPED UP, BUT MOST GO TO IMMIGRANTS
NEW jobs in Britain have jumped to a 21-year high but three-quarters of them go to...
Daily Star (12-Aug-2010)
Fresh fears over immigration as foreign born workers win three-quarters of new jobs
The largest rise in employment for more than 21 years was mainly down to the influx of foreign workers, campaigners said today.
Daily Mail (11-Aug-2010)
Employment rise 'down to foreign workers'
The largest rise in employment for more than 21 years was mainly down to the influx of foreign workers, campaigners said...
The Independent (11-Aug-2010)
Rise in employment 'down to foreign workers'
Rise in employment 'down to foreign workers' The largest rise in employment for more than 21 years was mainly down to the.
24Dash.com (11-Aug-2010)
BNP nominations close, with three challenging Griffin
Nominations for the British National Party's leadership contest have closed, with three candidates hoping to challenge...
BBC News UK (11-Aug-2010)
BRITAIN'S MIGRANT SQUATTER SHAMBLES
UNEMPLOYED migrants refusing to return home have flooded a British city with more than 15 squatter camps including a site in the middle of a busy roundabout.
Daily Express (11-Aug-2010)
Press Release
Immigration has Damaged Employment Prospects for British Workers
August 12, 2010The mass immigration of the past decade has damaged the employment opportunities of UK born workers in the areas most affected.
This is the conclusion of a new study, from think-tank Migrationwatch, (see Briefing Paper 3.10) issued on the eve of new unemployment figures due out on August 12. It has conducted the first comparison of labour market conditions in the 50 Local Authorities with the highest international immigration with conditions in the 50 with the lowest.
It shows conclusively that areas of the UK that have experienced the highest levels of immigration have higher unemployment levels than areas that have not.
The study also shows that employment rates in these areas are lower compared with areas that have received comparatively little immigration from overseas.
‘While properly controlled immigration can be of economic benefit, this demonstrates that the ‘open door’ policies of the past decade have had a damaging effect on the employment, and therefore the economic prospects and standard of living, of UK born workers in the areas most affected,’ said Sir Andrew Green, Migrationwatch chairman.
In London, which has received the highest level of immigrants, the study shows there is a positive relationship between unemployment and net immigration from abroad
For example for every one percentage point increase in the ‘international immigration rate’ (NIM - Net International Migration expressed as a percentage share of the total population of the Borough concerned.) of a London borough, there is on average an increase of around a fifth of one percentage point in the unemployment rate in that borough.
It also shows that immigration from overseas into London boroughs is associated with a fall in the employment rate of UK-born inhabitants: for every one percentage point increase in the share of immigrants in London boroughs there is a fall of around half a percentage point in the employment rate of UK-born inhabitants.
‘This is a very complex area and other factors such as skills levels and the operation of the benefit system are important. But too little attention has been paid to the impact of immigration on British born employment prospects,’ said Sir Andrew. ‘Our study underlines the importance of getting net immigration down to tens of thousands, as the present government has promised.’
Immigration and today’s employment statistics: Nearly 80% of new jobs have gone to immigrants
August 11, 2010The thrust of the Migrationwatch press release “Immigration has damaged employment prospects for British workers” (see above) is reinforced by today’s employment statistics which can be found at http://www.statistics.gov.uk/pdfdir/lmsuk0810.pdf.
The bar chart on page 4 and table 8 show that nearly 80% of the increase in employment over the last quarter has comprised immigrants.
Employment increased by 188,000 between the first and second quarters of this year but 145,000 of them or 77% went to non UK born workers, that is immigrants.
Many immigrants acquire nationality after some years in Britain but the employment figures for non British nationals are virtually the same as for non British born. This means that those who have entered employment in the last quarter are largely fairly recent immigrants.
Letter
The Sunday Times
August 8, 2010Migration Patterns
Melanie McDonagh's article ("Bless you, Vicar, for showing our curbs on immigration are a joke", Comment, last week) hit a row of nails on the head and with a touch of sardonic humour. The reality is that of the migrants who come from outside the European Union, only a quarter come here to work. Some will be vital for business. Others will just be cheaper to employ. All will be reducing the incentive for employers to train British workers. The City's voice must be heard, but not exclusively. Immigration has been running out of control, so all sectors should be reined in.
Sir Andrew Green
Chairman, Migrationwatch UK
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