Permits for new entrants
So the Government has decided to agree with the Tories and introduce permits for Bulgarians and Romanians. This is likely to fail to achieve any of its goals, because people will come to the UK anyway and work here illegally or move to a member state where there are no restrictions. We’re also likely to lose out on the best workers.
And I thought there was going to be a proper debate about immigration. Yet again the Government is making policy based on misguided tabloid pressure.
September 1st, 2006 at 8:00 am
Well if your goal is to interdict a “Britain Overrun By Bulgarians!!” headline in the Sun then I’d have thought that more uncounted immigrants would be very much “goal achieved”. Of course government policy isn’t decided by anything so trivial as avoiding awkward headlines.
September 1st, 2006 at 3:38 pm
What about all the Daily Mail “Britain inundated by illegal immigrants” headlines?! I’m sure the Government would like to avoid those.