Press Release
17th August
The social housing requirements of new immigrants will cost the tax payer £1 billion a year for the next twenty five years. That is the conclusion of a study published by Migrationwatch today.
The study found that 45 additional social homes would have to be built everyday, or nearly 1400 a month, over that period to meet the extra demand.
The failure to build local authority housing to compensate for council houses that have been sold off led to a fall of about half a million in the number of social homes available between 1997 and 2007. This, combined with high levels of immigration, has led to an increase of nearly 60% in the waiting lists for social housing England over the last eight years.
The regions most severely affected were London where the proportion of households on the waiting list in 2010 was 12% and Yorkshire and Humberside where it was 11%. Both are regions of high immigration.
The study also found that non EU migrants were more likely to live in social housing that the UK born. For some nationalities the difference was striking:- Nigeria (29%), Iran (33%), Jamaica (35%), Ghana (39%), Portugal (40%), Bangladesh (41%), Turkey (49%), Somalia (80%) compared to UK born for whom the proportion was 17%.
Commenting, Sir Andrew Green, chairman of Migrationwatch UK, said:
"The impact of immigration on the availability of social housing for British people has been airbrushed out for too long. Either the government must cut immigration very substantially as they have promised or they must invest very large sums in the construction of extra social housing".
Comment
16th August
The Economist magazine is conducting an on-line debate about immigration this week. The motion is “This house believes that immigration is endangering European society”.
The motion has been proposed by David Goodhart, Editor-at-Large of Prospect Magazine and opposed by Philippe Legraine, an economist.
Our Chairman, Sir Andrew Green, has been invited to contribute an 800 word piece as an expert commentator. That has now been posted on their web-site.
There have so far been 325 comments in the debate and the vote is extremely close at 50:50, the debate will remain open until the evening of Tuesday 16th August.
A selection of recent media reports
Migrant housing costs '£1bn a year'
The cost of providing social housing for migrants who come to Britain will hit £1 billion a year for the next 25 years, campaigner
London Evening Standard (17-Aug-2011)
Migrant housing costs '£1bn a year'
The cost of providing social housing for migrants who come to Britain will hit £1 billion a year for the next 25 years, campaigner
Guardian.co.uk (17-Aug-2011)
MIGRANT HOUSING COSTS '£1BN A YEAR'
The cost of providing social housing for migrants who come to Britain will hit £1 billion a year for the next 25 years, campaigner
Express.co.uk (17-Aug-2011)
YOUR £1BN A YEAR BILL FOR MIGRANTS’ HOMES
HARD-pressed taxpayers are facing a crippling £1billion annual bill for providing social homes for immigrants, a r
Express.co.uk (17-Aug-2011)
OUR HOUSING STOCK CANNOT HANDLE MASS IMMIGRATION
MASS immigration has placed a huge strain on social housing stock and demand from migrants has made it much hard
Express.co.uk (17-Aug-2011)
UK NEEDS 45 HOMES A DAY FOR MIGRANTS
TAXPAYERS face a £1billion annual bill for the next 25 years to provide enough council houses for cash-strapped Britain’s so
Daily Star (17-Aug-2011)
UK population grows at twice EU average: Migrant baby boom fuels 400,000 rise in one year
Britain's population is growing at more than twice the European average. T
Mail Online (17-Aug-2011)
Immigration officer comes home to find family of Romanian gypsies squatting in her house, wearing her clothes and drinki..
When immigration offi
Mail Online (16-Aug-2011)
Thousands still arriving on Italy's shores from Libya and Tunisia - ..
United Nations 16 August 2011 - Thousands still arriving on Italy's shores from Libya and Tunisia - UN agency People are continuing to flee Libya and Tunisia for a variety of reasons, the United Nations refugee agency reported today, noting that almost 2,000 people arrived on the Italian island o
Nieuws Bank (16-Aug-2011)
'Illegal workers' caught in Droitwich after raid
Two men from Bangladesh have been found working illegally in Droitwich, according to the UK Border Agency.
BBC News England (16-Aug-2011)
Home Office: Migrant journey - Second report
Summary: The report aims to improve the government's understanding of migrants to the UK, the countries they come
info4local.gov.uk (16-Aug-2011)
Providing care for young asylum seekers to cost county an extra £1.2m
Caring for young asylum seekers who arrive in Northamptonshire on their own will cost the coun
Northants Evening Telegraph (16-Aug-2011)
France cuts jobs for non-EU workers
THE NUMBER of jobs open to non-EU citizens wishing to work in France has been slashed by more than half, under new measures designed to reduce immigration.
Expatica.com (16-Aug-2011)
Cost of living rising sharply: Homing in on soft-touch Britain
) With the cost of living rising sharply, these are immensely difficult times for many famili
The Mail On Sunday (16-Aug-2011)
So what DOES it take to deport a criminal? Judge cuts drug-dealing migrant's sentence so he won't get kicked out
A judge cut the sentence of an illegal immigrant and d
Mail Online (16-Aug-2011)
ASYLUM SEEKERS GET £14M COMPO
DAMAGES of more than £14million were paid to asylum seekers complain-ing they were wrongly held last year.
Daily Star (16-Aug-2011)
BENEFIT CLAIMANTS ARE STILL LIVING IN THE LAP OF LUXURY
AFTER years of hard work, I’m lucky enough to earn a decent salary and to be able to afford to live in a house in a nice sub
Express.co.uk (16-Aug-2011)
ASYLUM BLUNDERS COST TAXPAYERS £14M IN LEGAL FEES
BRITAIN’S border guards faced fury yesterday after it emerged more than £14million had to be paid out in lega
Express.co.uk (16-Aug-2011)
Home Office stripping more dual-nationality Britons of citizenship
Home Office refuses to explain why use of law introduced following London bombings has
Guardian.co.uk (15-Aug-2011)
Identity thief who lived in Britain illegally for a decade could escape deportation to protect his family
A barber who stole the identity of genuine citiz
The Mail On Sunday (15-Aug-2011)
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