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INTRODUCTION TO
MIGRATION WATCH
MORE NEW ARTICLES
BRIEFING PAPERS
PRESS RELEASE ARCHIVE
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
POWERPOINT
PRESENTATION
  OUTLINE OF THE PROBLEM (Jan 2007) [View PDF]

OVERVIEW PAPER (Jan 2007) [View PDF]

Briefing Papers

1. Economic 8. Legal
2. Education 9. Migration Trends
3. Employment 10. Cohesion and Other Papers
4. European Union 11. Policy
5. Health 12. Key Facts
6. History 13. Achievements
7. Housing 14 Environment

1. Economic
Missing numbers are archived
1.0 GUIDE TO ECONOMIC PAPERS (Nov 2006) [View PDF]
1.1 Migrants : Do they bring economic benefit? (Mar 2005) [View PDF]
1.3 Immigration and the Dutch economy (Mar 2005) [View PDF]
1.5 Contribution of Immigration to GDP (Jan 2005) [View PDF]
1.6 Immigration and the Labour Market (Apr 2005) [view PDF]
1.8 The economic case for immigration.  Migrationwatch dialogue with the Home Office. (Dec 2005) [View Pdf]
1.10 The Fiscal Contribution of Migrants. (Aug 2006)[View PDF]
1.11 Selection criteria for immigrant workers (Aug 2006) [PDF]
1.12 Economic contribution of A8 migrants (Oct 2006) [PDF]
1.13 Minister admits that immigration is of little benefit to Britons (Nov 2006)
[View PDF]
1.14 Seven Deadly Spins (Jan 2007-Updated April 2008) [View PDF]
1.16 The Impact of Immigration on GDP per head (Apr 2007) [View PDF]
1.17 Response to TUC report on the economics of immigration (Sept 2007) [View PDF]
1.18 Submission to the House of Lords Select Committee on Economic Affairs on ‘The Economic Impact of Immigration’ (Oct 2007) [View PDF]
1.19 MigrationWatch Commentary - ITEM Club Special Report: Migration and the UK economy (Jan 2008) [View PDF]
1.20 House of Lords Economic Affairs Committee (Jan 2008) [View PDF]
   
2. Education
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2.2 Student Visa Extensions (Dec 2004) [View PDF]
   
3. Employment
3.1 A Points System for Work Permits? (Feb 2005) [View PDF]
3.2 Incentives for work (Jan 2008) [View PDF]
3.3 Assessment of the Points Based System (May 2008) [View PDF]
3.4 Home Affairs Committee - Supplementary Memorandum by MigrationWatch (July 2008) [View PDF]
   
4. European Union
Missing numbers are archived
4.1 The impact on immigration of the EU expansion to Eastern Europe. (Jul 2003) [view PDF]
4.3 Note on the rights of workers from accession countries in the EU from 1st May (May 2004) [view PDF]
4.5 Summary of The Common European Asylum System - with draft procedures directive. (Dec 2004) [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]
4.8 Future Migration Flows from Eastern Europe (Aug 2008) [View PDF]
   
5.Health
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5.2 The case for HIV screening (Jun 2004) [View PDF]
5.3 Access to the NHS (Aug 2004) [View PDF]
5.4 Immigration: The need for foreign nurses (Aug 2004) [View PDF]
5.5 HIV infection from overseas (Dec 2004) [View PDF]
5.6 Overseas Medical Professionals: The Case for Testing for Communicable Diseases (Jan 2004) [view PDF]
   
6. History
6.1 History of Immigration (Aug 2001) [View PDF]
6.2 Emigration from the UK (Aug 2001) [View PDF]
   
7. Housing
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7.5 Household projections and immigration (Mar 2006) [View PDF]
7.6 Why do we need nearly 5 million new homes? (Mar 2006) [View PDF]
7.7 'The impact of immigration on housing demand (Jun 2006) [View PDF]
7.8 The impact of asylum and possible amnesty on social housing (July 2006) [View PDF]
7.9 The impact of immigration on housing in England (March 2007) [View PDF]
7.10 The impact of asylum on social housing (May 2007) [View PDF]
   
8. Legal
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8.2 The Immigration appeals system revised (Mar 2005) [View PDF]
8.4 Asylum and Immigration Act 2004 Migration Watch UK Summary (Aug 2005)
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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]
8.8 Asylum, Immigration and Nationality Act 2006 (Apr 2006) [View PDF]
8.9 Immigration and Marriage - an outline of the legal position (Jul 2005) [View PDF]
8.10 An Information and Guidance paper - 'Asylum Seekers and Destitution' (Jan 2005) [View PDF]
8.11 The distinction between asylum seekers and refugees. (Jan 2006) [View PDF]
8.12 House of commons select committee on constitutional affairs (Apr 2006)
[View PDF]
8.13 Sham weddings - High court ruling April 2006 (Apr 2006) [View PDF]
8.14 The refugee or person in need of international protection (qualification) regulations 2006 (Dec 2006) [View PDF]
8.15 Immigration and the UK Voting System (April 2007) [View PDF]
8.17 Revision of the Human Rights Act (Jul 2007) [View PDF]
8.18 Forced Marriage (Civil Protection) Act 2007 (Aug 2007) [View PDF]
8.19 The True Cost of an Amnesty for Illegal Immigrants (Sept 2007) [Viiew PDF]
8.20 The Chindamo Case (Sept 2007) [View PDF]
8.21 UK Borders Act 2007 (Dec 2007) [View PDF]
8.22 The Right of Non Citizens to Vote in Britain (Feb 2008) [View PDF]
8.23 The Lisbon European Reform Treaty Impact on Asylum and Immigration Policy (Mar 2008) [View PDF]
8.24 Independent Asylum Commission Interim Report (Apr 2008) [View PDF]
8.25 Recent Case Law on Asylum and Immigration (Apr 2008) [View PDF]
8.26 Access of Foreign Doctors to Specialist Training in the UK (May 2008) [View PDF]
8.27 Recent case law involving consideration of the European convention on human rights (Aug 2008) [View PDF]
8.28 Draft (Partial) Immigration and Citizenship Bill (Sept 2008) [View PDF]
   
9. Migration Trends
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9.0 GUIDE TO MIGRATION (Nov 2006) [View PDF]
9.1 How immigration is measured (Jan 2007) [View PDF]
9.2 Projecting immigration (Jan 2007) [View PDF]
9.10 The Effect of Immigration on the Regions (Feb 2005) [View PDF]
9.11 The social impact of immigration (Mar 2005) [view PDF]
9.12 Immigration: Will it increase or decrease? (Mar 2005) [View PDF]
9.13 The impact of chain migration on English cities (Apr 2005) [View PDF]
9.14 The number of failed asylum seekers remaining in the UK (Apr 2004) [View PDF]
9.15 The illegal Migrant Population in the UK (Jul 2005) [View PDF]
9.16 Summary of National Audit Office Report - Returning Failed Asylum Applicants (Jul 2005) [View PDF]
9.17

UK population increase through migration (Aug 2005) [View PDF]
9.18 IPPR Report Beyond Black and White (Sept 2005) [View PDF]
9.19 The effect of immigration on the integration of communities in Britain (Jan 2006) [View PDF]
9.20 International Migration Statistics (Dec 2006) [View PDF]
   
10. Cohesion and Other Papers
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10.7 Report of the community cohesion panel (Aug 2004) [View PDF]
10.8 Immigration and Marriage (Sept 2004) [View PDF]
10.10 The outlook for Scotlands population: Does Scotland need its own immigration policy? (Aug 2005) [View PDF]
10.12 Transnational marriage and the formation of Ghettoes (Sept 2005) [View PDF]
10.14 Deportation of foreign criminals a case for urgent action. (Jan 2006) [View PDF]
10.15 An amnesty for illegal immigrants? (May 2006) [View PDF]
10.16 Oldham Five Years On (Oct 2006) [View PDF]
10.17 Survey about Public Perception of Immigration (Jan 2007)
Fieldwork Dates 5th - 8th January 2007 [View PDF]
Fieldwork Dates 16th - 18th January 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 2008) [View PDF]
10.20 Does Scotland Need Immigration? (Sept 2008) [View PDF]
   
11. Policy
Missing numbers are archived
11.4 Asylum Amnesty; the decks are far from cleared (Mar 2005) [View PDF]
   
12. Key Facts
12.1 Key facts about immigration (Apr 2007) [View PDF]
   
13. Achievements
13.2 Ten MigrationWatch achievements (Jan 2007) [View PDF]
13.3 A List of Migrationwatch Research Documents Published in 2006 (Jan 2007) [View PDF]
13.4 A List of Migrationwatch Research Documents Published in 2007 (Jan 2008) [View PDF]
   
14 Environment
14.1 Immigration Policy and the Inter-Related Issues of World Climate Change and Polution Explosion (Jan 2008) [View PDF]