Immigration Reform Debate in the UK

ThisisLondon (here) reports on concerns with immigration in the UK that mirror those in the United States.  Mass immigration into Britain in recent years has left the country “deeply unsettled”, Labour’s immigration minister has admitted. Writing in a think tank report Liam Byrne openly acknowledged that the pace of immigration was causing problems for some public services in the UK and said “laissez-faire immigration” risked damaging communities. He urged tougher action to crack down on immigration crime, and concluded: “It’s not racist for Labour to debate immigration; it’s the real world – the world in which the people we represent live in [sic].”

KJ