Gary Gibbon
Vote Leave’s ‘squeamishness about pressing the immigration button’
In Michael Gove, the Leave team have a joint convenor and leading voice who has never been comfortable with the Theresa May line on immigration.
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Immigration figures fall since Brexit
Net migration to the UK fell by a third in the year after the Brexit vote. That’s over 100,000 fewer migrants arriving between June 2016 and June 2017. The Office for National Statistics said those coming to Britain to look for work, especially EU citizens, was down by 43 per cent. It added that it…
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Trump calls for tougher immigration controls after New York attack
President Trump has called for tougher immigration controls after the deadly New York truck attack, describing the suspect as an “animal” and calling on Congress to shut down the immigration lottery scheme. New York police say the truck driver had been planning the attack for weeks and did it “in the name of IS”. Eight…
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Tony Blair calls for tough new curbs on immigration
Former Prime Minister Tony Blair has called for a curb on immigration, allowing Britain to control the number of people entering the country without leaving the EU. But critics said his change of heart had come too late.
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Businesses alarmed by EU immigration proposals
Leaked documents revealing government plans for a tough new immigration regime after Brexit suggest all but the most highly-skilled EU workers would only be allowed to stay for two years, with possible quotas to follow. The proposals, which haven’t yet been officially approved, are already alarming business groups, who’ve described them as “catastrophic”.
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Home Office EU immigration proposals leaked
It’s official, sensitive, and now out in the open. A draft of the government’s plans for immigration from the European Union after Brexit has been leaked from the Home Office. The policies, which are still being argued about at the top of government, include quotas for low-skilled workers and telling companies they must employ resident…
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Sir Julian Brazier: former MP on immigration and housing
The state of housing – social and private – has become one of the most pressing issues of our times. And in the latest in our series on Britain’s housing crisis we go to Canterbury. For 99 years it was solid Conservative territory. And then in June, it elected a Labour MP. The defeated Tory,…
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May reaffirms immigration target
Theresa May said today that if she’s re-elected she expects to talk to the new French President about keeping British border controls in Calais. Mrs May also repeated the pledge that a Conservative government would cut net migration to the “tens of thousands”.
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Has Brexit affected immigration figures?
Net migration has dropped below three hundred thousand for the first time in two years. The new total of 273,000 is a fall of 49,000 from the previous year and a jump in the number of eastern Europeans leaving the country is partly responsible.
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FactCheck Q&A: why isn’t immigration falling more quickly?
Immigration has become one of the most contentious issues of our age. Despite pledges by successive incoming governments to reduce numbers of foreign nationals coming into Britain in recent years, no government has achieved anywhere near the figures they had promised. So why isn’t immigration falling more quickly?
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Trump ‘considering new executive order’ over immigration
Despite two court defeats – Donald Trump has vowed to continue the legal battle over his order banning travellers and refugees from seven mainly Muslim countries – suggesting he could sign a whole new executive order as early as Monday.
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Immigration: The suburb in London dubbed ‘Little Romania’
Immigration has hit another new record. A total of 650 thousand people arrived in Britain in the year ending June the 30th. Even when those leaving the country were taken into account, the net migration figures were still at near-record levels. For the first time, Romanians were the biggest single group of new arrivals.
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Should we have an immigration system like Australia?
Michael Gove promised again today to introduce an Australian-style points system to control immigration numbers if he becomes Prime Minister. But is Australia really the best place on which to model an immigration policy? Immigration has become a key issue in this weekend’s general election. And its treatment of asylum seekers arriving by boat has…
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FactCheck: does immigration drive down wages?
Boris admits he hasn’t read a study he quotes to attack the EU on immigration and wages. But could he have a point anyway?
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FactCheck: everything you need to know about EU immigration
Claims about EU migration are coming thick and fast. Here’s what you need to know…
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Gary Gibbon