Research
The Future of Student Visas
Executive summary Getting immigration under control must be the first and main priority of any new government. The problem now lies not merely in illegal immigration, which the current government has liked to make a big show of tackling, but the legal routes to entry that have allowed the immigrant
Immigration: No cap, no control
Summary 1. There is little doubt that the next set of official migration statistics to issue on 23rd May will confirm that the scale and pace of immigration has run out of control and that the post-Brexit immigration system must bear the bulk of the blame. The only effective way
Is immigration a threat to UK security?
Summary 1. The recent influx of migrants from Africa and the Middle East seeking asylum in Europe has triggered a crisis. Governments face the intricate task of reconciling humanitarian law with the impact on their societies, economies and security. This paper finds that substantial inflows, particularly of asylum seekers, can
Shortcomings in proposals for refugee and asylum schemes by both parties
Summary 1. To secure the passage of the Illegal Immigration Act 2023 through Parliament, the government committed to allowing an unspecified number of people to come to the UK via humanitarian routes each year, over and above the hundreds of thousands who have already made their way to the UK
Fifteen new Birminghams
Summary 1. Britain’s population growth is nowadays entirely due to immigration. If net migration were to continue at the present record level of 606,000 a year, Britain’s population would rise to between 83-87 million by 2046. This would represent an increase of more than 15 million in Britain’s population –
Labour’s approach to immigration
Summary 1. During Tony Blair’s tenure as the leader of New Labour, there was a substantial rise in immigration, especially from newly joined EU countries in Eastern Europe. Between 1997 and 2010, the yearly net migration rate increased fourfold, resulting in over 2.2 million immigrants added to the UK population,
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Statistics
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