May 01, 2024 Migration Watch UK has released a paper titled "Is immigration a threat to UK security?" The paper examines the impact of immigration on the UK's security and crime landscape, focusing on the recent high inflows of migrants from …
May 26, 2024 In advance of migration figures due on 23rd May, Migration Watch has issued a call for the government to slash net migration to less than 100,000 a year. The absence of any cap whatsoever in recent years allowed the net inflow to reach almost …
March 06, 2024 Reacting to Chancellor Hunt's 2024 Budget, Alp Mehmet, Chairman of Migration Watch UK, commented: The Chancellor expects net migration to fall to 350k p.a. Even at this level, the projected population increase by 2046 is nine million …
February 29, 2024 The UK granted a total of 1.4 million visas last year, the highest ever recorded. This includes: 616,371 work visas (including dependants) 605,504 student visas (including dependants) 85,640 family visas (including dependants) 17,705 EUSS …
January 03, 2024 Today, the Home Office claims to have not only cleared the original 92,000 'legacy' asylum backlog but exceeded it, processing 112,000 cases. However, a closer examination of the numbers paints a less flattering picture: In 2023, …
February 29, 2024 According to the latest Home Office statistics, eighty per cent of all irregular arrivals came through small boats, which has become the predominant method of entry since 2020. The average number of people per small boat increased to 49 …
December 29, 2023 To get their Illegal Immigration Act through Parliament, the government is making provision for present refugee resettlement schemes to be supplemented by a ‘cap’ to be set on an annual basis by MPs. Labour is proposing an unworkable …
December 08, 2023 Commenting on the changes announced today to the UK’s immigration system, Alp Mehmet, Chairman of Migration Watch UK said: These measures are an admission that Conservative immigration policy has collapsed. If the government’s aim is now …
