Which way now for immigration policy?
The coalition government has compromised on immigration. But while the end to child detention is a victory for campaigners, there are huge problems with the proposed cap.
Immigration
Vote 2010: Immigration
For progressives, the lesson is that policy isn’t enough; we need a new narrative on immigration, and the next government will face the challenge of writing it.
No clarity on Conservative immigration cap
Left Foot Forward has previously questioned how the Conservative’s could meet their immigration cap. Damian Green failed to clarify his party’s position today.
Cam’s immigration cap: do the numbers stack up?
David Cameron and Nick Clegg clashed on immigration in last night’s debate. Left Foot Forward asks how could Cameron’s immigration cap work in practice.
Liberal Democrat immigration policy: liberal and democratic?
Immigration isn’t attracting the same kind of attention in this election campaign that it has in the past (or at least it wasn’t until ‘bigot-gate’…)
Cameron’s amnesia on immigration
David Cameron said that immigration had only become a political issue in recent years. But Conservatives have been running on the issue of immigration for decades.
UKIP compares immigration with oppression of Native Americans
UKIP have issued a leaflet comparing immigration in the UK to the plight of Native Americans in the 19th century. Many were subjected to acts of genocide.
UKIP: Obsessed by immigration, under investigation & clueless
Appearing on last night’s Campaign Show on News 24, Lord Pearson said that he hadn’t “come here to deal with the minutiae” – ie. to talk about his manifesto.
Can we trust the Tories on immigration?
David Cameron’s words in the leaders’ debate have been picked apart. So can we trust him on immigration, an issue that Lansley wanted to “play” in the mid-1990s.
Can schools cope with migrant children?
In yet another xenophobic article from the Daily Express, this country’s children are portrayed as being under threat by an influx of migrant children.