Immigration Controls

(asked on 5th January 2016) - View Source

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress she has made on reducing net migration to the tens of thousands.


Answered by
James Brokenshire Portrait
James Brokenshire
This question was answered on 20th January 2016

Uncontrolled mass immigration increases pressure on public services and can drive down wages. That is why our ambition remains to cut net migration to sustainable levels. We continue to work across government to reduce net migration outside of the EU and seek reform in Europe to reduce the pull factors behind EU migration. Building on the measures in the Immigration Act 2014, our new Immigration Bill will address illegal working, the availability of public services which help migrants remain here unlawfully and will extend our 'deport first appeal later' approach to ensure that even more illegal migrants are removed from the UK.

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