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11-08-2009, 06:42 PM #1
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Minister admits: we got it wrong on immigration
From The Times
November 3, 2009
Minister admits: we got it wrong on immigration
Richard Ford, Home Correspondent
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Illegal immigrants about to board a train near Calais: Alan Johnson is the first Home Secretary to admit Labour had made mistakes on immigration
The Home Secretary admitted yesterday that the Government had made mistakes in its handling of immigration and had overreacted to the 7/7 bombings in London.
In his first speech on the subject, Alan Johnson said that ministers had ignored immigration problems and the growing pressure on jobs and services in parts of Britain. Some communities had legitimate concerns because they had been particularly affected.
Mr Johnson did not directly address the rise of the British National Party, but his comments came 12 days after its leader Nick Griffin made his landmark appearance on Question Time thanks to the party’s success in the European elections. Jack Straw, the Justice Secretary, struggled to defend the Government’s record on immigration during the television debate.
Mr Johnson is the first Labour Home Secretary to admit mistakes on immigration. He said his predecessors had not addressed problems that led to huge backlogs of asylum seekers and foreign national prisoners. It emerged in 2006 that there were up to 450,000 “legacy casesâ€Join our efforts to Secure America's Borders and End Illegal Immigration by Joining ALIPAC's E-Mail Alerts network (CLICK HERE)
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11-08-2009, 06:45 PM #2
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The Minister gets it........
What we need is a tightly controlled system with much lower levels of immigration and an annual cap on the number of people who come to live and work here.â€
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11-08-2009, 06:58 PM #3
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Amazing how much we share with the cousins across the pond, and neither is able to stem the flow of migrants. Apparently the "brains" are working on other stupidity to make sure the are reelected.
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11-08-2009, 07:39 PM #4
finally
I support enforcement and see its lack as bad for the 3rd World as well. Remittances are now mostly spent on consumption not production assets. Join our efforts to Secure America's Borders and End Illegal Immigration by Joining ALIPAC's E-Mail Alerts network (CLICK HERE)
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11-08-2009, 10:09 PM #5
Two of a kind - England and US.... Leaders are and have made the same errors on immigration. The answer is to deport and deport more.
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