Government rapped over immigration

by Irn Bru Fri Mar 21, 2014 9:16 pm

Report from The work of the Immigration Directorates (April - September 2013) - Home Affairs Committee

15. The Committee continues to believe that the Government's decision not to commission estimates on the number of Romanians and Bulgarians who would come here at the ending of transitional migration controls was wrong. We are concerned that the decision not to commission has increased anti-immigrant prejudice and has been commandeered by those who wish to inflame tensions about immigration for political gain.

16. We recommend that the Government commission the Migration Advisory Committee to carry out research on the number of Romanians and Bulgarians in the UK with two strands. First to assess those who arrived during the transitional period (1 January 2007 to 31 December 2013), their social and economic impact upon the UK, and the balance between their contribution and their usage of the social security system. Secondly, to assess the number of those who have arrived since 1 January 2014, and, on the basis of this data, make an assessment of how many are likely to come in the near future. The Committee has seen no evidence to suggest that there has been an increase in migration from Romania and Bulgaria. It would appear rather more a trickle then a flood.

17. We recommend that for any future enlargements the Migration Advisory Committee be tasked by the Government to provide an estimate of the numbers arriving in our country, including how many people have already arrived from these countries under EU treaties. Had they done so for the 2007 enlargement, they would have discovered that 144,000 Romanians and Bulgarians were already working in the UK in December 2013. If the Government refuses to task the Migration Advisory Committee to commission estimates, we will request that they do so.

Last year, from the total number of 40,000 child benefit claims in respect of children living in another country, only 300 went to Romanian children. It is 0.8%; it is negligible.[31]

You can read the whole report here...

http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201314/cmselect/cmhaff/820/82004.htm#a2

by Guest Fri Mar 21, 2014 9:45 pm

And again, extremely bad handling of the facts surrounding an immigration and benefit issue that doesn't exist, has allowed Nigel Farage and the DM to stir up trouble over nothing.

by Irn Bru Sat Mar 22, 2014 12:43 am

Sassy wrote:And again, extremely bad handling of the facts surrounding an immigration and benefit issue that doesn't exist, has allowed Nigel Farage and the DM to stir up trouble over nothing.

And of course those that worship at the alter of the Daily Mail

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