UK 'misguided' on EU immigration policy says EU commissioner
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13:25 20/01/2014
Laszlo Andor, the EU's commissioner for social affairs and social inclusion, says that the debate on migration within the EU has become 'emotional and misguided'. He said that the press, particularly...
EU vice president accuses UK PM of fuelling immigration fears
13:51 15/01/2014
Viviane Reding, the vice president of the European Union, has accused the UK's Prime Minister David Cameron of risking the future of the British people by using populist, anti-EU rhetoric to try to...
UKIP leader calls for 5-year bar on UK immigration
10:14 14/01/2014
Nigel Farage, the leader of the UK Independence Party (UKIP) has called for a total ban on permanent immigration into the UK for five years. He has also said that no one who comes to work in the UK...
Lech Walesa accuses UK of immigration 'irrationality'
13:38 13/01/2014
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Senior cabinet minister says UK will miss 100,000 immigration target
12:02 10/01/2014
Vince Cable, the UK's Business Secretary, has told the BBC that the immigration target set by UK Prime Minister David Cameron is 'arbitrary' and 'impractical'. He added that the government 'almost...
UK's plan to cut immigration could damage economy says think tank
16:12 03/01/2014
A report by a UK think tank suggests that if the UK's Coalition government is successful in reducing immigration to below 100,000 a year this could lead to reduced growth in the economy of 11% by...
