A selection of recent media reports

Fewer British Jobs for British Workers
The video about the impact of immigration on British Workers starts at 18:50/59:26
BBCTV The Politics Show 28 June, 2009 (03-Jul-2009)
Migrant squalor in Calais 'jungle'
BBC Paris Correspondent On a slip road close to the port of Calais in northern France, a group of dusty Afghan men are h...
BBC News (02-Jul-2009)
Calais advice centre for asylum seekers gets just FOUR inquiries a day
A United Nations mission offering asylum advice to British-bound migrants in Calais has had only four inquiries a day si...
Daily Mail (02-Jul-2009)
The Big Question: Why is the UN setting up in Calais and can it resolve the refugee problem?
Why are we asking this now? The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) is formally establishing a full-ti...
The Independent (02-Jul-2009)
Farm raid nets 12 suspect workers
About 50 UK Border Agency officials and police officers raided Merryfield Farm, near Crediton, just before 0700 BST. It ...
BBC News UK (01-Jul-2009)
People protectionism
Rich countries respond to the economic downturn by trying to limit the flow of...
Economist (01-Jul-2009)
Thinking local: social housing changes
What's on offer? Ministers say they want to give local people greater priority on social lists that includes council an...
Guardian.co.uk (01-Jul-2009)
Vicar is arrested for 'organising 180 sham weddings for illegal immigrants'
A vicar has been arrested on suspicion of organising 180 sham weddings for illegal immigrants from Eastern Europe, it em...
Daily Mail (01-Jul-2009)
Immigrants take 70% of UK jobs
More than seven in 10 jobs created under the Labour government have been taken by foreign workers, according to a new re...
Personneltoday.com (01-Jul-2009)
Labours U-turn on social housing for non-immigrants is welcome but too late
Rod Liddle says that metropolitan liberal ideology is too deeply ingrained in local councils, social services and the ju...
The Spectator (01-Jul-2009)
Stick to your remit, MPs tell human rights watchdog
MPs warned a human rights watchdog yesterday to stick to its brief and keep out of a debate on further devolution. The w...
The Scotsman (01-Jul-2009)
British jobs for foreign workers: Experts reveal 70% of new jobs taken by migrants
More than seven out of ten jobs created under the Labour Government have been taken by foreign-born workers, experts rev...
Daily Mail (01-Jul-2009)
Last rites for ID cards read by Johnson
Britons will no longer be required to register for identity cards, says Home...
The Independent (01-Jul-2009)
£5BN CHAOS AS LABOUR RETREATS ON ID CARDS
GORDON Brown performed his most spectacular U-turn yet yesterday by scrapping Labour s £5billion compulsory identity car...
Daily Express (01-Jul-2009)
Like the rest of our myopic political elite, Mr Cameron should tell us whether - and how - he will deal with immigration..
For more than ten years, this newspaper and many of its columnists have been pointing out that immigration has been risi...
Daily Mail (01-Jul-2009)
A decent start but the Tories must be bolder
It's been a painfully long time coming, but at last the Tories have given the country a clear outline of how they will t...
Daily Mail (30-Jun-2009)
New British £750 million electronic border control plan 'breaks EU law'
Britains multi-million pound electronic borders project breaches European data protection laws and the free movement of ...
Times Online (30-Jun-2009)
At last, the truth about immigration and council house queue jumping .
The Government's announcement yesterday that they are handing councils new powers to give local people priority on the w...
The Daily Mail (30-Jun-2009)
E-borders 'travel chaos' warning
New electronic border controls being brought in by the government could cause chaos for travellers, the Commons home aff...
BBC News Political Edition (30-Jun-2009)
Report finds overseas staff take unpopular jobs but lack respect and recognition
Migrant care workers face pay discrimination, service user hostility and a lack of government recognition, despite the s...
Community Care (30-Jun-2009)
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Archived Briefing Papers

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1. Economic
1.0
Guide to Economic Papers (Nov 2006) [View PDF]
1.1
Migrants : Do they bring economic benefit? (Mar 2005) [View PDF]
1.2
The fiscal impact of immigration to the UK (Jan 2004) [View PDF]
1.3
Immigration and the Dutch economy (Aug 2004) [View PDF]
1.4
Costs of Illegal Immigration (Aug 2004)
1.5
Contribution of Immigration to GDP (Jan 2005) [View PDF]
1.6
Immigration and the Labour Market (May 2005) [View PDF]
1.7
Inquiry into economic migration to the EU (Jun 2005) [View PDF]
1.8
The economic case for immigration. Migrationwatch dialogue with the Home Office (Jan 2006) [View PDF]
1.9
The fiscal contribution of migrants (Apr 2006) [View PDF]
1.10
The Fiscal Contribution of Migrants. (Aug 2006) [View PDF]
1.11
Selection criteria for immigrant workers (Aug 2006) [View PDF]
1.12
Economic contribution of A8 migrants (Oct 2006) [View PDF]
1.13
Minister admits that immigration is of little benefit to Britons (Nov 2006) [View PDF]
1.14
Seven Deadly Spins (Jan 2007) [View PDF]
1.15
The Impact of Immigration on GDP per head (Jan 2007) [View PDF]
1.16
The Impact of Immigration on GDP per head (Mar 2007) [View PDF]
1.19
MigrationWatch Commentary - ITEM Club Special Report: Migration and the UK economy (Jan 2008) [View PDF]


2. Education
2.1
The Impact of Asylum Seekers (Feb 2003) [View PDF]


3. Employment
3.1
A Points System for Work Permits? (Feb 2005) [View PDF]


4. European Union
4.1
The impact on immigration of the EU expansion to Eastern Europe (Jul 2003) [View PDF]
4.2
Draft EU constitution: Implications for asylum and immigration (Nov 2003) [View PDF]
4.3
Note on the rights of workers from accession countries in the EU from 1st May (May 2004) [View PDF]
4.4
The treaty establishing a constitution for Europe: Implications for asylum and immigration in the UK (Oct 2004) [View PDF]
4.5
Summary of The Common European Asylum System - with draft procedures directive. (Mar 2005) [View PDF]
4.6
Item club on 'Benefits' of East European immigration (May 2006) [View PDF]
4.7
Potential immigration from Romania and Bulgaria (May 2006) [View PDF]


5. Health
5.1
Health Consequences of Current Immigration Policy (Jun 2003) [View PDF]


6. History
no papers available

7. Housing
7.1
Housing Report - The impact of immigration on housing in the UK (Jan 2004) [View PDF]
7.2
The impact of immigration on England’s housing (Jul 2003) [View PDF]
7.3
MigrationWatchUK Briefing Paper - Migration and Housing (Mar 2004) [View PDF]
7.4
Housing and immigration an update (Oct 2004) [View PDF]


8. Legal
8.1
Implications of the Government's appeal on asylum benefits 2003 (Feb 2003) [View PDF]
8.3
Asylum Laws: A Way Forward (Jul 2003) [View PDF]
8.5
The Success Rate in Asylum Appeals (Jul 2004) [View PDF]
8.6
The Roma Case in the House of Lords (Jan 2005) [View PDF]
8.7
Asylum Law Reform (Jan 2005) [View PDF]
8.11
The distinction between asylum seekers and refugees (Jan 2006) [View PDF]
8.16
Legislation (Jun 2007) [View PDF]


9. Migration Trends
9.3
The Present and Future Scale of Immigration (Jul 2002) [View PDF]
9.4
Exceptional Leave to Remain (Apr 2003) [View PDF]
9.5
2003 Population Projections (Dec 2003) [View PDF]
9.6
Population Projections – Further Analysis (Mar 2004) [View PDF]
9.7
International migration in 2002 (May 2004) [View PDF]
9.8
Government Actuary’s Department 2003-based population projections (Oct 2004) [View PDF]
9.9
Bull Points on Report, Minority Ethnic Groups in Britain By Ruth Lupton & Anne Power (Dec 2004) [View PDF]


10. Cohesion, Marriage, Scotland and Other Papers
10.1
Response to the Home Affairs Committee Inquiry Into Asylum Applications (Apr 2003) [View PDF]
10.2
Balkan Asylum Seekers - Time for a new approach? by Professor James Pettifer (Jan 2004) [View PDF]
10.3
Migration into Scotland (Jan 2004) [View PDF]
10.4
Book Review: Human Visas, Human Rights Body Challenges Arranged Marriages (Jan 2004) [View PDF]
10.5
The full statement by Stephen Moxon, the Home Office whistle blower reported recently in the Sunday Times. (Feb 2004) [View PDF]
10.6
How skilled are immigrants to Britain? (Apr 2004) [View PDF]
10.9
Opinion Poll on asylum and inmmigration (Feb 2005) [View PDF]
10.11
Pressure on the UK visa system (Aug 2005) [View PDF]
10.13
Home Office consultation on managed migration routes Comments by MigrationwatchUK (Oct 2005) [View PDF]
10.17a
Survey about Public Perception of Immigration - Fieldwork Dates 5th - 8th January 2007 (Jan 2007) [View PDF]
10.17b
Survey about Public Perception of Immigration - Fieldwork Dates 16th - 18th January 2007 (Jan 2007) [View PDF]
10.18
YouGov survey poll - "Immigration" Fieldwork dates: 6TH - 8TH November 2007 (Nov 2007) [View PDF]
10.19
Overview of Dutch asylum and immigration system (Apr 2006) [View PDF]


11. Policy, Amnesty & Voting
11.1
Unmanaged Migration (May 2003) [View PDF]
11.2
A New Approach to Identity Cards (Oct 2003) [View PDF]
11.3
Asylum and Immigration: A programme of action (Nov 2003) [View PDF]
11.4
Asylum Amnesty; the decks are far from cleared (Oct 2003) [View PDF]
11.5
Immigration: A Comparison of Party Policies (May 2005) [View PDF]


12. Key Facts
no papers available

13. Achievements
13.1
Ten MigrationWatch achievements (May 2006) [View PDF]


14. Environment
no papers available