Commenting on the Labour Party Broadcast, Sir Andrew
Green, Chairman of Migration Watch UK, said:
"Ed Miliband's proposals could be useful in curbing
unscrupulous employers but they deal mainly with EU migration. In fact, only a
quarter of the nearly 3 million immigrants in Labour's last ten years came from
the EU. He is wrong to imply that immigration on this scale is good for
Britain. It is high time Labour indicated whether they agree that a limit on
immigration is now essential.
Note
to Editors:ONS Long-Term International Migration data,
2001-2010 non-British net migration was 2.79 million of which non-EU net
migration accounted for 2.15 million and EU net migration accounted for 640,000
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