NewsGreen Announces Contribution Based System to ImmigrationThe time has come to stop thinking of UK Immigration solely in terms of numbers and to focus on "how we can benefit from immigration", according to Immigration Minister Damian Green. Statistics Watchdog Questions Government Report
Sir Michael Scholar, head of the UK Statistics Authority, has questioned the validity of the recent government report into the benefits claimed by immigrants to the UK. ‘Root and Branch’ Reform Needed at the UKBAThe Parliamentary Home Affairs Committee has published its report into UK Border Controls, following the unauthorised relaxation of immigration checks during the summer of 2011. Benefit Tourism Fears UnfoundedPioneering government research intended to ensure against "benefit tourism" has revealed that the overwhelming majority of work-related benefits claims made by migrants to the UK are legitimate. Conflicting Reports into the Impact of Immigration on UnemploymentReports by the National Institute of Economic and Social Research (NIESR) and the Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) have delivered seemingly conflicting findings regarding the impact of immigration on unemployment amongst UK citizens. |
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