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well, here they are, New Labour's shiny new rules for immigration. Here are some highlights:
I'm ashamed of our Government, and our chief "opposition" (and I use the term loosely). But most of all I'm ashamed for all the British people who have allowed - nay encouraged - this to become the main election issue.
"Refugees will no longer get lifelong residency in the UK but be given a five-year grace period in case the situation in their homeland stabilises, under a radical overhaul of immigration and asylum policy announced today.
"People who have settled in the UK will have to wait five years before they can sponsor further family members to come to Britain, in a bid to end "chain migration".
"People who have settled in the UK will have to wait five years before they can sponsor further family members to come to Britain, in a bid to end "chain migration".
I'm ashamed of our Government, and our chief "opposition" (and I use the term loosely). But most of all I'm ashamed for all the British people who have allowed - nay encouraged - this to become the main election issue.