A committee of MPs says the UK 's immigration statistics are 'not fit for purpose'. In 2010 the government promised to cut net annual immigration to below 100,000 by 2015. It claims already to have cut the figure from 260,000 to 150,000 per year but the MPs say this figure could be out by ‘tens of thousands' in either direction. The MPs have urged the government to introduce the ‘e-borders’ system as quickly as possible. E-borders is an electronic system which would count people entering and leaving the UK. The project was started in 2007 and has been repeatedly delayed. The Home Secretary said recently that it would not be ready until at least 2016.
Senior US Republicans have criticised one of their colleagues for claiming that many Mexican illegal immigrants are drug smugglers. Representative Steve King of Iowa, a prominent opponent of US immigration reform,...