Britain may cut immigration due to economy
And not before time too!!!
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/22/20081018/tpl-uk-britain-immigration-d1a0d5d....
Britain plans to reduce immigration in the face of a weakening economy and rising unemployment, the Times newspaper quoted Immigration Minister Phil Woolas as saying Saturday.
"If people are being made unemployed, the question of immigration becomes extremely thorny ... It's been too easy to get into this country in the past and it's going to get harder," Woolas told the paper in an interview.
"This government isn't going to allow the population to go up to 70 million," Woolas said. "There has to be a balance between the number of people coming in and the number of people leaving."
At a time of economic difficulties, employers should put British people first or they will risk fuelling racism, Woolas said.
Immigration has been high under the Labour government and the Times said net immigration is estimated to be more than 200,000 a year until 2012.
Woolas also said he opposed an amnesty for people who came to Britain illegally because it would encourage more illegal immigrants.
The government recently adopted a system under which would-be migrants are awarded points depending on their value to the economy, designed to encourage skilled immigrants and reduce the number of unskilled economic migrants.
The country's population is around 61 million
Bye bye Britain we say!! I went into my local Tesco's yesterday as Sainsbury's has lots of building work going on & I seriously was the only English speaking person in there!!! I wondered down one aisle & I had never heard of all the food products on the shelf!! I had a reality check & thought am I in Poland or Asia or is this actually my home town?? & i'm from Yorkshire not the Capital where you'd expect this!! It was bizzare!! The Uk is doomed!!
They should ask the Qatari government for help. They know exactly how to avoid unwanted inlux of foreigners!
Its all a load of codswallop.. They use words like may, plans, could, etc etc..
The government needs to develop a backbone and actually take concrete steps..