theywanttobeelected: the manifestos BETA(i.p.): Controlled Immigration Archives

Secure Borders and Controlled Immigration It's not racist to impose limits on immigration	Add Comments(0)
Britain has benefited from immigration. We all gain from the social diversity, economic vibrancy and cultural richness that immigration brings.	Add Comments(0)
But if those benefits are to continue to flow we need to ensure that immigration is effectively managed, in the interests of all Britons, old and new.	Add Comments(0)
This Government has lost effective control of our borders. More than 150,000 people (net) come to Britain every year, a population the size of Peterborough. Labour see “no obvious upper limit to legal immigration”.	Add Comments(0)
Our asylum system is in chaos. Instead of offering a safe haven to those most in need, the current system encourages illegality. Desperate individuals are forced into the hands of people smugglers and when they reach Britain they are open to continuing exploitation in the underground economy. Only two out of every ten asylum seekers are found to have a genuine claim.	Add Comments(0)
Britain has reached a turning-point. That is why a Conservative Government will bring immigration back under control. We have set out a series of practical and considered steps to restore control and fairness to our immigration system.	Add Comments(0)
First of all we will take proper control of our borders. We will ensure 24-hour surveillance at our ports, and restore full embarkation controls. Border security is currently divided between seven different bodies reporting to three different cabinet ministers. We believe that the time has now come to establish a British Border Control Police, whose sole job will be to secure Britain’s borders.	Add Comments(0)
We will introduce a points-based system for work permits similar to the one used in Australia. This will give priority to people with the skills Britain needs. We welcome people who want to work hard and make a positive contribution	Add Comments(0)
On asylum, a Conservative Government will not allow outdated and inflexible rules to prevent us shaping a system which is more humane, more likely to improve community relations and better managed. So we will take back powers from Brussels to ensure national control of asylum policy, withdraw from the 1951 Geneva Convention, and work for modernised international agreements on migration.	Add Comments(0)
We will set an overall annual limit on the numbers coming to Britain, including a fixed quota for the number of asylum seekers we accept. Parliament will set, and review, that number every year.	Add Comments(0)
We are committed to making a continued success of Britain’s diversity. There should be popular consent for further demographic change. And the best way to secure continuing support for future migration is by showing that government has control of our borders. Refusing to set a limit on new migrants is irresponsible politics. Only the Conservatives take this issue seriously enough to insist on a limit, and will introduce the policies necessary to police it.	Add Comments(1) "There should be popular consent for further demographic change." Are we going to have a referendum for every group of immigrants, giving a yes or no depending on how the majority of the country feels at the time? Dave Richard
Controlled Immigration Australian-style points system for work permits Parliament to set annual immigration limit UK to take fair share of refugees 24-hour security at ports British Border Control Police	Add Comments(0)