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ntluser · 23-04-2005, 12:01

All I can recall Blair saying about immigration and asylum..apart from criticising the Tory policy ... was that they were going to employ 600 more border "guards".

The big problem for Blair is because of his sloppy immigration arrangements he doesn't know how many illegal immigrants we have got. He therefore doesn't know if any of them were terrorists.Nor did he specify what action was to be taken about the immigrants already here. Makes a bit of a mockery of his plans for ID cards and for improving security when they can walk in not properly checked by an overburdened immigration service.

We need a large coastal security force operating 24 hours a day to ensure that people don't land here at night unnoticed.

We need to close our borders to non-nationals and require that they do not come to Britain unless the necessary processing of their papers has been completed in advance and that they have been authorised to come here.

We need Social Services to liaisse with the Immigration service to identify immigrants claiming benefits who have not secured paid and taxed employment. After a specified period, if no employment is gained they need to be expelled from the country. In the case of asylum seekers, whose lives may be in danger, if they are unwilling to make a positive contribution they should be sent to a safe country which will take them and hopefully they will make a positive contribution there with no threat to their lives.

We need to make it clear that immigrants with specific skills will be most welcome.

We need more immigration staff to speed up the process, but security needs to be the main focus.

Overall, we do need a more effective immigration and asylum policy and sadly Tony Blair does not have one.

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ntluser Inactive Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Manchester Age: 79 Services: Virgin Media XL Telephone,TV with Tivo box & Superhub3 upto 150Mb Broadband, Sky World, & Freeview+ Posts: 1,901	Re: The Paxman Interviews - Blair All I can recall Blair saying about immigration and asylum..apart from criticising the Tory policy ... was that they were going to employ 600 more border "guards". The big problem for Blair is because of his sloppy immigration arrangements he doesn't know how many illegal immigrants we have got. He therefore doesn't know if any of them were terrorists.Nor did he specify what action was to be taken about the immigrants already here. Makes a bit of a mockery of his plans for ID cards and for improving security when they can walk in not properly checked by an overburdened immigration service. We need a large coastal security force operating 24 hours a day to ensure that people don't land here at night unnoticed. We need to close our borders to non-nationals and require that they do not come to Britain unless the necessary processing of their papers has been completed in advance and that they have been authorised to come here. We need Social Services to liaisse with the Immigration service to identify immigrants claiming benefits who have not secured paid and taxed employment. After a specified period, if no employment is gained they need to be expelled from the country. In the case of asylum seekers, whose lives may be in danger, if they are unwilling to make a positive contribution they should be sent to a safe country which will take them and hopefully they will make a positive contribution there with no threat to their lives. We need to make it clear that immigrants with specific skills will be most welcome. We need more immigration staff to speed up the process, but security needs to be the main focus. Overall, we do need a more effective immigration and asylum policy and sadly Tony Blair does not have one.