Tuesday, 3 March 2015

IMMIGRATION INTO THE UK : WHO CAN CHOOSE WHAT ?


This age old problem of Immigration always comes to the fore when Elections are looming !  The next Parliamentary Election in the UK is on May 7, 2015  and Immigration is clearly on the agenda of Debates for Candidates !

Theresa May the Home Secretary, can change very little before the next election !  The EU basic rules must first be changed !  If they are not changed, Britain must leave the EU before it can apply its own chosen "selective immigration" Policy !   

Not one Person or one Country is honest and clear when asked to define the ideal Immigration Policy !   In fact it would be be easier to list  all the "pitfalls" or "exceptions" rather than to define one perfect policy !

The ideal Policy for ALL countries would be "SELECTIVE IMMIGRATION" which would give each country the right to decide whether a "would be immigrant" can stay or not, wherever he comes from and for whatever reason !  

Alas this is not permitted by current EU "freedom of movement" principles !  Also the EU does not have a watertight system that stops immigrants before they reach a chosen EU country.  Many pay "People smugglers" and then perish at sea before they arrive, a sad fate reported only too often in the Press !  

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All parties in Britain know this !  Everyone has known for a long time that David Cameron wants to open the Debate in the EU to modernise several out of date principles before a referendum on whether "to stay in or get out" of the EU !  

All parties will hammer the Conservatives on Immigration, but "WHY" ?  Do they have a better future policy on Immigration ?  One should not imagine either that David Cameron will be all alone when he attacks "out of date" fundamental EU principles !  Other countries will be ready to help !
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