A selection of recent media reports
Sham marriage couple rumbled after bride couldn't even spell her new husband's name A couple’s wedding plans were exposed as a sham - after the bride couldn't The Mail On Sunday (31-Aug-2011)
21 percent increase in net migration into Britain Net migration into the UK increased by 21 percent in 2010 to 239,000 immigrants. The increase was mainly due to a sm UK Immigration (31-Aug-2011)
Nigerian in benefits scam faces deportation but Bradford bride walks free A JUDGE has recommended that an illegal immigrant who has been twice caught using a fals Yorkshire Post (31-Aug-2011)
David Cameron must get back to being the great moderniser In Downing Street yesterday, the Prime Minister had a discussion with his advisers about political strateg London Evening Standard (31-Aug-2011)
Immigration - A lack of job-specific skills in the UK means employers continue to recruit from abroad Fresh doubt has been cast on the effectiveness of the gov People Managment Magazine (31-Aug-2011)
Comment: Funding gap leaves UK riddled by apartheid It's time to stop leaving the English at the bottom of the funding pile. By Edward Higginbottom Some M Politics.co.uk (31-Aug-2011)
UK immigration: 9 out of 10 jobs created last year went to foreign nationals ) Nine out of ten people who joined the workforce last year were foreign nationals, officia The Mail On Sunday (31-Aug-2011)
Immigrants take 9 out of 10 new jobs New stats from the Office of National Statistics claims employment levels for British nationals climbed 14,000 in the first y Daily Finance UK (31-Aug-2011)
Right to reply: Why do so many "new jobs" go to foreigners? On Monday, we published a post on George Osborne's "jobless recovery" — the point being that 90 per cent of the re The Spectator (31-Aug-2011)
Man who tried to cheat exam system is jailed Chris Havergal A Chinese immigrant who used a fake passport to take a Cambridge language exam for someone else has be Cambridge News (31-Aug-2011)
Germany introduces biometric cards for foreigners In a bid to prevent identity fraud, Germany is digitalizing its residence permits for non-EU citizens. Instead of a paper document, they'll be given a new biometric chip card - shaped like a credit card. Deutsche Welle (30-Aug-2011)
A Third Of Youth Lags Are Foreign A third of criminals entering Britain's top youth jail last year were foreign, it was revealed yesterday. More than 2,000 cro Security Oracle (30-Aug-2011)
Britain hit by brain drain Britain has been hit by one of the worst brain drains in history, as a million qualified citizens now live in other countries like the US, Australia and Germany, a new report has said. Irish Sun (30-Aug-2011)
Britons staying put British people are emigrating at the lowest rate since the 1990s, a Migration Watch report has said. The figures threaten Government attemp PoliticsHome (30-Aug-2011)
Press Releases
Immigration is a Major Factor in the Housing Shortage 1 September, 2011
A study published by Migrationwatch today (Briefing Paper No 7.13), finds that immigration was responsible for almost 40% of the growth in households between 2001 and 2008.
Looking ahead, 36% of new households will, according to official projections, be a result of immigration so we will have to build, on average, 200 homes a day for the next 25 years just to house the extra population arising from immigration.
Even if house building were to increase by 25% over the current level to 200,000 a year, there would be a shortage of around 800,000 homes by 2033 - equivalent to the number of homes in Leeds, Manchester, Newcastle and Nottingham combined.
Commenting, Sir Andrew Green, Chairman of Migrationwatch UK, said:
"As we saw earlier this week political correctness has dictated that the construction and planning industry should not refer to the massive impact of immigration on housing. It is not, of course, the only factor in household formation but it is a major factor accounting for 36% of new households over the next 25 years. It is also one of the few factors that the government ought to be able to control. It is high time that we faced up to the huge impact of immigration on housing and to the severe consequences for our environment of continued mass immigration".
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