Andrew Green

5 days ago | migrationwatchuk.org | Andrew Green |Jake Scott

The regional fallouts of the conflict engulfing Iran are yet to reveal themselves, but one catastrophic consequence is definitely not in doubt: Britain’s migration crisis will further deepen. Iran is already the nation from which many channel crossers have come, at more than 25,000 by the end of 2024. This aside, the ONS put the number of Iranian born living in the UK in 2021 at 70,000.

1 month ago | migrationwatchuk.org | Andrew Green |Jake Scott

The government’s new White Paper, “Restoring Control over the Immigration System”, is the latest offering in attempts to reduce the scale of immigration. As with all other offerings, it talks a good game, but is unacceptably vague especially on details of the proposals or the target number of annual net migration. Only the Technical Annex is prepared to put a number on this issue, but recognises the impacts will be seriously limited, conceding that it will reduce annual inflows by roughly 100,000.

1 month ago | migrationwatchuk.org | Andrew Green |Jake Scott

This is a preview of Migration Watch’s free weekly newsletter. Please consider signing up to the newsletter directly, you can do so here and will receive an email copy of the newsletter every week as soon as it is released. The proposed free trade agreement with India that will allow Indians working in this country to avoid paying National Insurance is a betrayal of hard-working Brits who pay their taxes and will now foot the bill for foreign nationals.

Jan 30, 2025 | migrationwatchuk.org | Andrew Green

January 30, 2025Migration Watch Chairman Alp Mehmet said: Official figures from the ONS have revealed projected population growth by mid-2032 of almost five million people and of almost ten million people by 2047. This astonishing increase will be entirely due to immigration and the children of migrants. The projections are based on the assumption that net migration will fall to an annual 340,000, from 2029, which is unlikely without radical policy change.

Dec 3, 2024 | bmj.com | Andrew Green

Dear EditorIt is appalling that MSF is being forced to suspend its operations in Port-au-Prince after being present for over 30 years due to violence and threats towards its staff. Violence against medical personnel is completely unacceptable particularly from those in authority such as the police. The BMA views this as part of an alarming global trend where medical personnel are perceived as legitimate targets in times of conflict and civil unrest, in direction contravention of international law.