Thursday, 6 June 2013
















A selection of recent media reports

Half of sham marraiges involve foreign students
Half of all sham marriages now involve foreign students, it has been revealed.
Telegraph.co.uk (06-Jun-2013)
SPEAKER JOHN BERCOW: MIGRANTS WORK HARDER THAN BRITS
COMMONS Speaker John Bercow has sparked fury by claiming east Europeans work harder than Brits.
Daily Star (06-Jun-2013)
We must stop the migrant invasion: voters demand effective border control
VOTERS have made clear their anger at the European Union for curbing Britain's power to l
Express.co.uk (06-Jun-2013)
House of Commons Speaker John Bercow under fire over migrant comments
House of Commons Speaker John Bercow has come under fire after suggesting that eastern Europe
The Independent (05-Jun-2013)
Swiss to vote on tightening of asylum law, again
The Swiss will vote Sunday on whether to approve an emergency tightening of the country's asylum law in a bid to stem the influx of refugees to the wealthy Alpine nation.
Expatica.com (05-Jun-2013)
Jailed, power-line raiders the EU lets stroll into UK
ROMANIAN gangsters who went on a 'highly dangerous' £120,000 thieving spree, using EU border laws to roam
Express.co.uk (05-Jun-2013)
John Bercow: East Europeans beat the British worker
SPEAKER John Bercow sparked outrage last night for suggesting eastern European immigrants are bette
Express.co.uk (05-Jun-2013)
More than half of us want to quit the EU
MORE than half of Britons now want to quit the EU for good, according to a new poll.
Express.co.uk (05-Jun-2013)
EU: Immigration Tops List Of UK Concerns
A national referendum on whether the UK should remain a member of the European Union would result in an extremely narrow victo
Orange (04-Jun-2013)
John Bercow: migrants are better workers
Eastern European immigrants to Britain show more 'aptitude and commitment' to work than British people, the Comm
Telegraph.co.uk (04-Jun-2013)
Afghan interpreters can come to UK, says Philip Hammond
Up to 600 Afghans who worked as interpreters or in other dangerous roles supporting allied forces in Helma
BBC News (04-Jun-2013)
Angry scenes as UKIP leader Nigel Farage plans to fight for Sussex seats
Protesters attempted to hijack an appearance by Nigel Farage last night as he tried to spr
The Argus (04-Jun-2013)
CALL FOR SWEEPING BENEFITS CHANGES
The Government should push for sweeping changes to European Union rules on welfare payments to prevent immigrants exploi
Daily Star (04-Jun-2013)
On immigration, welfare and crime, cynical Britain just does not believe politicians anymore
Crime is falling, immigration is down and school standards are up
Telegraph.co.uk (04-Jun-2013)
Call for sweeping benefits changes
The Government should push for sweeping changes to European Union rules on welfare payments to prevent immigrants exploi
London Evening Standard (04-Jun-2013)
Work ethic meets freedom \u2014 why the Chinese are coming to London schools
For the first time a London state school will take five students from a Beijing school this Septe
London Evening Standard (03-Jun-2013)


Press Releases

Students and the net migration target
5th June, 2013
On the eve of debates in both Houses of Parliament, Migration Watch UK has issued a paper underlining the need to continue including students in the calculation of net migration.
Key points as follows:
• Our major competitors do include them (as Universities UK now apparently accept). To remove them would destroy the credibility of the government’s immigration policy.
• 20% of foreign students stay on legally but there is still no way of knowing that the other 80% have actually left.
• There is extensive evidence of abuse, especially from the Indian Sub-Continent. Students who overstay are harmful to our economy and society.
• A major effort is needed to cut out bogus students with a programme of interviews, as well as measures to persuade genuine students to leave at the end of their courses.
• The UK already receives 200,000 non EU students every year. Annual growth of 5% would increase the annual intake in ten years time to over 325,000. The system must be tightened before this number is allowed to increase any further.
Commenting, Sir Andrew Green, Chairman of Migration Watch UK said “Our major competitors, the US and Australia, both include students in net migration. The difference is that they do not have a target for net migration – perhaps because they are continents rather than small islands. The university lobby would be foolish to dismiss the strong public concern about present massive levels of immigration.”
Notes to Editors:
On Thursday 6 June 2013 there will be a Backbench Business Debate in the House of Commons on Student Visas. The motion is ‘That this House notes the recommendations of the House of Commons Business, Innovation and Skills Committee, the Home Affairs Select Committee, and the Committee of Public Accounts, together with the House of Lords Science and Technology Committee and the EU Sub-Committee on Home Affairs, Health and Education, for the removal of students from net migration targets; and invites the Home Office to further consider the conclusions of these Committees in developing its immigration policy.’
In the House of Lords there will be a debate. The motion is that ‘this House takes note of the Report of the European Union Committee on The EU’s Global Approach to Migration and Mobility (8th Report, Session 2012–13, HL Paper 91).’

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