GOVERNMENT HAS FAILED SPECTACULARLY ON IMMIGRATION – LIB DEMS
Almost every UK region has difficulties in housing, health, education and crime because of increased migration, according to a report by the Home Office’s Migration Impacts Forum. The report follows yesterday’s publication from ministers that indicated the ‘clear benefits’ of migration for the British economy. In a review of the regional picture, the Home Office forum received anecdotal reports of pressures across five key areas: crime and disorder, community cohesion, health, education and housing. There is currently disagreement among experts over the net impact of migration. [BBC]
This report confirms what the Liberal Democrats have always said: a fair, free and effective immigration system is only possible if three conditions are met - administrative competence at our borders; planning for the impact on local services and actively promoting integration. The government has failed spectacularly on all three counts, indulging instead in a mix of administrative incompetence in the Home Office and tough-talking populism in Parliament. (Nick Clegg MP )
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