Migration Watch UK
Immigration Policy - Main Points
The below summary was last updated December 2017
- Citizens of European Union countries currently enjoy ‘free movement’ rights within the EU giving them the right to live and work in the UK.
- Free movement should come to an end when Britain leaves the EU and EU workers should be required to obtain work permits, as is currently required of non-EU migrants.
- Non-EU citizens have to meet criteria set out by the UK government in order to enter, work, study or settle in the UK.
- Net migration to the UK is currently just under 250,000, nearly half from the EU.
- Most non-EU immigrants arrive for study, followed by work and family.
Immigration Policy Research
Immigration: No cap, no control
22 May, 2024 - Briefing Paper: MW 521
Labour’s approach to immigration
9 October, 2023 - Briefing Paper: MW 517
Non-UK entry grants under the post-Brexit immigration system
19 May, 2022 - Briefing Paper: MW 507
Potential global pool of recruits under new Points-Based System
30 July, 2020 - Briefing Paper: MW 478
Route to UK citizenship for up to three million people from Hong Kong
5 June, 2020 - Briefing Paper: MW 476
The Coronavirus crisis and border control
22 April, 2020 - Briefing Paper: MW 473
Is it true that Britons will not do seasonal agricultural work?
9 April, 2020 - Briefing Paper: MW 393
16 million workers in the UK would see their jobs open to worldwide competition
3 February, 2020 - Briefing Paper: MW 472
The post-Brexit immigration system
24 January, 2020 - Briefing Paper: MW 471
Library
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