Ministers withheld concerns over increase in UK immigration
February 23 2010 by Liam Clifford
‘Labour were fully aware of the effect that ‘mass UK immigration’ would eventually have on the country,’ that is the claim of one newspaper in the UK today.
The source of the article is said to be a document from Whitehall published in 2000, in which it states that the Labour party knew voters opposed the UK immigration move yet carried on regardless of the possible negative consequences.
The paper which has been released under the freedom of information act shows that Labour knew large-scale immigration into the UK would result in an increase in crime, yet concealed this from the public.
The report states that only those that were ill-educated or had never met a migrant would have strong views against immigration. It also claims that Labour aimed to use UK immigration to change the social make-up of the country as well as for economic purposes.
Labour's party line that opponents of immigration into the UK are racist has stopped being used over the past couple of years, this is due to it becoming clear that voters have not been receiving this well and turning to other party’s such as the BNP.
Labour ministers have over the past month accepted voters were frustrated at the loss of certain jobs to immigrants and added strain on public services.
Labours new rules on UK immigration incorporate only allowing the most highly-skilled migrants into the UK on the points-based system. However the Trade Minister Mervyn Davies did confirm yesterday that there had been ‘teething problems’.
Sir Andrew Green from the pressure group Migrationwatch, said in a statement yesterday; “This report confirms that ministers deliberately rode roughshod over public opinion in adopting a policy of mass immigration.
They concealed their real intentions in the hope that they would benefit from the immigrant vote without losing their working class supporters. They are now paying the price.”
This has since been classed as ‘ridiculous’ by the minister for UK immigration Phil Woolas and a ‘fabrication of the truth’.
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