The Government has commissioned the Migration Advisory Committee to review Tier 2 of the UK’s immigration system “with a view to significantly reducing net migration to the UK”. On 25 September we submitted our response to the MAC’s call for evidence. It took into account opinions canvassed from a number of international clients and contacts … Continue Reading
There’s nothing better than a few statistics to fuel the debate on immigration and I’m always drawn to any mention of positive or negative fiscal impact on this topic. The BBC’s recent article ‘More or Less: Calculating how much migrants cost or benefit a nation‘ is very informative, but does it give the full picture? … Continue Reading
Statistics published by the Office for National Statistics last week show that net migration fell by more than a third since June 2010 to 153,000 for the year to September 2012. The Home Office has also published statistics for the period January to March 2013 accompanied by a press release announcing that these ‘demonstrate that … Continue Reading