Controlling Immigration

James Brokenshire has been highlighting how Conservatives would control immigration. Speaking during a BBC Radio 5 Live political panel before a live audience in Luton, James fielded questions on how a Conservative government would reduce net migration to the tens of thousands rather than the hundreds of thousands under Labour.

A Conservative government would:

Create a new border police force tasked with dealing with illegal immigration.

Put an annual cap on the number of visas issued to those seeking to work in the UK from outside the EU.

Introduce new controls on student visas - described as the ‘Achilles heel' of the immigration system.
Create new language tests for marriage visas.

Commenting James said:

"Under Gordon Brown this country has seen the biggest and most sustained increase in immigration in British history. Net migration is three times the level it was when Labour came to power in 1997. Labour has failed to put proper controls on immigration.

"A Conservative government would take action to reduce net migration back to the levels that existed in the 1980s and 1990s.

"By contrast, the Liberal Democrats would introduce an amnesty for illegal migrants an unworkable regional visa system and moves towards a common EU asylum policy. I believe this would take Britain in the wrong direction."

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