Labour's U-turn on immigration.

heathcote123

faerie~spangles wrote: »

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Yet the good ol' uk'ers want to be given respect abroad.

Of course the UK are the only country in the world to have had anything but perfect racial integration.

Sampong

vivatifosi wrote: »

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Fwiw I have a feeling Milliband has said this because in approx two weeks time the first results of the census will be released and any demographic changes will be quantified. Still, at least once that happens we'll be able to have this argument with a better understanding of the facts.

Funny you should mention census - that costs a bit too...

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/8339114/UK-census-expected-to-cost-nearly-500m-due-to-translation-fees.html#

cotleigh

chewmylegoff wrote: »

not really, because they are net figures. if 100,000 students come every year, and do a 3 year course, and then they all leave at the end, the net immigration each year is 0.

you don't need to stop students coming here to prevent students having an impact on the net immigration figures, you just need to make sure they leave when they have finished (not that that is a great idea as you want the best ones to stay).

The proper university students aren't the real problem. Its the "students" at the lower level "colleges" who are taking the p155.

The over-riding reason why so many people wanting to move to a richer country for a better life, whether as asylum seekers, students staying on, whatever, is that people know that in most cases, "once you are in, you are in".

Our system is hopeless at actually removing even people blatantly here illegally. Also, unlike, say, France, where if you don't have an ID card, you just cannot get any state support or services, in the UK its still piecemeal and possible to be an "illegal" and yet still be entitled to stuff.