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High levels of immigration make it "impossible to build a cohesive society", Theresa May is to warn.
The home secretary will tell the Conservative Party conference Britain "does not need" net migration at current levels and that is it "difficult" for key services to cope.
Prime Minister David Cameron said he agreed with her comments.
Net migration into the UK currently stands at a record high, reaching 330,000 in the year to March.
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-34450887
Ever since Labour well and truly opened the floodgates we've heard tougher talk about controlling immigration. We heard if from Bliar's cronies just before elections and after years suffering at the hands of their social engineering policy. Since then we've heard all again from successive governments but it's all so much hot air isn't it? Frankly I don't see how, as long as we remain within the EU, we can ever hope to control the numbers choosing to come here. It seems ridiculous to me that low/unskilled workers can come here from all over Europe whilst people with real skills from elsewhere around the globe are made to jump through ever more hoops. To me it smacks of an cynical effort (a very poor one at that) to keep the overall numbers as low as possible without too much thought about the quality of the people who're being allowed to come here and what long term benefit they may be to the UK.
Theresa May is going to talk tough but, even if she sincerely means what she says, I have not a shred of faith in her ability to deliver.