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06-10-2015, 12:56 PM
http://www.itv.com/news/2015-10-06/theresa-may-high-levels-of-immigration-threatens-uk-cohesion/
Home Secretary Theresa May: Britain does not need net migration in the hundreds and thousands every year
- States high immigration drives down wages
- Levels such as the present are a threat to British cohesive culture
- Says statistics say that the economic benefit of mass immigration is close to zero
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High levels of immigration to the UK are unsustainable and threatening the cohesion of society, Home Secretary Theresa May has warned.
Mrs May told Conservative supporters at the party's conference there is a "limit to the amount of immigration any country can and should take".
"When immigration is too high, when the pace of change is too fast, it's impossible to build a cohesive society," she said.
Britain "does not need net migration in the hundreds of thousands every year", May said, despite her reign as Home Secretary during record net migration levels (http://www.itv.com/news/2015-05-21/net-migration-numbers-are-absolutely-terrible-for-the-government/).
Net migration to the UK is currently at a record high (http://www.itv.com/news/story/2015-08-27/net-migration-hits-highest-level-on-record/), and the Conservatives have been heavily criticised for failing to meet a 2010 pledge to cap immigration to the "tens of thousands".
Mrs May - who is considered a potential successor to David Cameron as Conservative leader - warned of the pressures immigration has on Britain's infrastructure.
It's difficult for schools and hospitals and core infrastructure like housing and transport to cope.
And we know that for people in low-paid jobs, wages are forced down even further while some people are forced out of work altogether.
But even if we could manage all the consequences of mass immigration, Britain does not need net migration in the hundreds of thousands every year.
– Theresa May
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Perhaps most controversially, she cited statistics which she claims show that the net economic and fiscal effect of high immigration is "close to zero".
"So there is no case, in the national interest, for immigration of the scale we have experienced over the last decade."
The Government is also set to announce that it will end the "absurdity" of European Union nationals making asylum claims in the UK.
Around 551 asylum claims have been made over the past five years from citizens in EU states such as Spain and Poland, costing the taxpayer £4.2 million, according to the Conservatives.
The home secretary said a "tougher approach" is needed to those who do not require Britain's help.
It is nice to be proved right yet again, this comes just after Labour's Andy Burnham said pretty much the same thing.
The good news in all this though is that there are rumours that Theresa May is planning to support the Leave campaign during the EU referendum that is coming up. In pointing out the failures of mass immigration, she could well be making the (obvious) case that to control immigration you need to withdraw from the European Union first. She's already said "not in a thousand years" will she sign up to a common EU asylum policy.
Who knows. But the direction of travel is clear: Britain is going to clamp down on the borders sooner or later. It has to.
Thoughts?
Home Secretary Theresa May: Britain does not need net migration in the hundreds and thousands every year
- States high immigration drives down wages
- Levels such as the present are a threat to British cohesive culture
- Says statistics say that the economic benefit of mass immigration is close to zero
http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2015/10/06/12/2D22D66D00000578-0-image-a-1_1444129862327.jpg
High levels of immigration to the UK are unsustainable and threatening the cohesion of society, Home Secretary Theresa May has warned.
Mrs May told Conservative supporters at the party's conference there is a "limit to the amount of immigration any country can and should take".
"When immigration is too high, when the pace of change is too fast, it's impossible to build a cohesive society," she said.
Britain "does not need net migration in the hundreds of thousands every year", May said, despite her reign as Home Secretary during record net migration levels (http://www.itv.com/news/2015-05-21/net-migration-numbers-are-absolutely-terrible-for-the-government/).
Net migration to the UK is currently at a record high (http://www.itv.com/news/story/2015-08-27/net-migration-hits-highest-level-on-record/), and the Conservatives have been heavily criticised for failing to meet a 2010 pledge to cap immigration to the "tens of thousands".
Mrs May - who is considered a potential successor to David Cameron as Conservative leader - warned of the pressures immigration has on Britain's infrastructure.
It's difficult for schools and hospitals and core infrastructure like housing and transport to cope.
And we know that for people in low-paid jobs, wages are forced down even further while some people are forced out of work altogether.
But even if we could manage all the consequences of mass immigration, Britain does not need net migration in the hundreds of thousands every year.
– Theresa May
651355186724765696
Perhaps most controversially, she cited statistics which she claims show that the net economic and fiscal effect of high immigration is "close to zero".
"So there is no case, in the national interest, for immigration of the scale we have experienced over the last decade."
The Government is also set to announce that it will end the "absurdity" of European Union nationals making asylum claims in the UK.
Around 551 asylum claims have been made over the past five years from citizens in EU states such as Spain and Poland, costing the taxpayer £4.2 million, according to the Conservatives.
The home secretary said a "tougher approach" is needed to those who do not require Britain's help.
It is nice to be proved right yet again, this comes just after Labour's Andy Burnham said pretty much the same thing.
The good news in all this though is that there are rumours that Theresa May is planning to support the Leave campaign during the EU referendum that is coming up. In pointing out the failures of mass immigration, she could well be making the (obvious) case that to control immigration you need to withdraw from the European Union first. She's already said "not in a thousand years" will she sign up to a common EU asylum policy.
Who knows. But the direction of travel is clear: Britain is going to clamp down on the borders sooner or later. It has to.
Thoughts?