Blair on immigration

Don't trust Blair on immigration

David Davis has called into question Tony Blair's integrity and credibility after new figures showed the full extent of immigration into Britain from eastern Europe.

Despite the Prime Minister's claims that new arrivals would be limited to no more than 13,000 a year, the total numbers to have entered since UK borders were thrown open on the accession of former eastern bloc states to the EU has rocketed to 150,000, with 9,000 still arriving each month.That is thirty times the official Government prediction of between 5,000 and 13,000 new arrivals annually, and also disproves the ministerial claim that numbers would fall back dramatically after the initial influx.Protested Mr Davis: "

Labour said arrivals from accession countries would be between 5,000 and 13,000 a year - not 9,000 a month. It is no wonder that nobody believes a word Tony Blair says about getting a grip on the immigration

shambles."Criticising the Prime Minister's refusal to introduce an upper limit on immigration, the Shadow Home Secretary told conservatives.com: "Britain was one of only two EU countries not to negotiate controls on people coming from accession countries last year. This is why we cannot limit how many people now come to Britain from these countries - it is further evidence you cannot trust anything Mr Blair says on immigration."




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