Guest 645- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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Ha
Thats an old trick what actually happened was that under a Labour govt they cleared up the backlog and years of indecisiveness of immigration cases left by the outgoing Tories.
Hence the increase in settlement numbers.
Marek
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Guest 655- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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Not indecisiveness at all but being against resettlement because clearing up that backlog encouraged yet more immigration - you need only to look at the graph to see how this was not a mere matter of clearing a backlog.
Guest 645- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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Here are some of the latest stats for this year
1.In the year to September 2010 the overall number of entry clearance visas issued for work and study was 522,495, an increase of 9 per cent on 479,635 in the year to September 2009
2.In the year to December 2010 a total of 166,660 work-related visas were issued, an increase of 3 per cent on 162,450 in the year to December 2009.
3.The latest figures show that 623,000 NINos were allocated to non-UK nationals in the year to September 2010, 1 per cent higher than in the year to September 2009
4.In the year to December 2010 the number of A8 nationals successfully applying to work as an employee in the UK via the Worker Registration Scheme (WRS) was 117,000, an increase of 7 per cent on the year to December 2009
5.The provisional estimate of net long-term migration to the UK in the year to June 2010 was 226,000. This continues the increase since the year to December 2008, when net migration was 163,000
So there you have it.tough tories track on immigration turns out to be timid torrid turnaround to what they pledged.
Marek
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Guest 655- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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Well it just shows that there is a job to do and we just have to see what the figures are when government policy really starts to bite.
Guest 653- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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For (almost) the first time, I cannot believe what you are saying Marek.
In 1997 when the Labour party took the reins of Government, they shortly afterwards changed the policy on immigration and Dover and the UK were flooded. In fact wasn't it Gwyn who was reprimanded for saying Dover was flooded with them, because it was viewed as inflammatory.
It killed our guest house business (and many others) for quite a long time, but those in Dover who passed their premises over to house asylum seekers or whatever term should be used for them, made millions.
We had so many coming in, the Labour Government confessed more than once that they had no idea how many there were.
It was open house under Labour - not much better now, sadly.
Roger
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Roger
That happened because Maggie signed the Dublin Agreement which came into force 1997. I actually argued this point live on Sky news in opposition to Michael Ancrams comments. He conceded that had played a part in the influx of asylum seekers.
Marek
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Guest 696- Registered: 31 Mar 2010
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That's something, Tory and Labour both claiming to have nothing to do with immigration!
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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that made me smile alex, you are right both parties have encouraged it to appease big business without regard to the social problems.
always amuses me when racists extol the virtues of enoch powell, when the fact is that he actively encouraged immigration when he was health secretary in order to keep wages low in the health service.
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Ze fun loving, girl chasing Frech President has called for tighter immigration border controls as he warns that Frances welfare system could enter meltdown.
The French president echoed calls by Britain's Conservatives for immigration policy to reflect economic realities as he pressed for border checks to cope with people fleeing violence in North Africa. Mr Sarkozy said in an interview: "With the difficulty we have providing jobs for our citizens and a 23 per cent unemployment rate for non-EU foreigners, it's common sense to ask questions about immigration."
Marek
I think therefore I am (not a Tory supporter)
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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from this mornings telegraph.
Wave of 'Arab spring' refugees heading for Britain
Refugees fleeing conflict in Libya are gathering in Calais in an attempt to enter Britain.
Immigrant workers from Sudan and Chad, who fled the troubles in Libya, currently in Calais trying to get to the UK
In a filthy squat two miles from the entrance to the Channel Tunnel, Mohammed Yosif and his friends are hoping for a new life in Britain.
The 21-year-old is one of at least 40,000 to have fled to Europe as a result of the Arab Spring that has seen political unrest sweep north Africa.
Many are migrant workers from sub-Saharan Africa who now believe their lives are at risk, especially in Libya where the regime used black mercenaries to attack rebel forces.
A growing number have now arrived in France and are sleeping rough near ports in a bid to sneak into the UK or at the Gare du Nord Eurostar station in Paris.
"It is very difficult to get on the train, but I dream of England," said Mohammed, who arrived in Calais on Tuesday after fleeing the war in Libya, where he was a migrant worker from Chad.
Guest 653- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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And how many countries would they have had to travel through to get to Calais ?
Roger
Brian Dixon
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only one france.
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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i have to admit that i never realise that libya bordered france, shows how much i listened in my geography lessons.
the good news is that most of them hail from rural areas so they will fit in well in our villages of whitfield and river.
Brian Dixon- Location: Dover
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the dividing line is the med,there might be a few lumps and bumps en route.
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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not usually the case brian, they arrive at an italian island by sea then make their way to calais by rail and road.
our foreign secretary is talking tough on this, let's hope he will follow his words with actions.
Guest 696- Registered: 31 Mar 2010
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The people mentioned in post 30 are not victims of oppression in their own country, they are not Libyan citizens either, and do not seem to qualify for assylum seeking.
I think the law is quite clear on what constitutes an assylum seeker.
Brian Dixon- Location: Dover
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howard,your right had a look on google maps and italy is the nearist country.
