So, who is the best?Immigration and the key parties in the UK election
05 May 2005
UK voters are going to the polls today, and while we won't know the outcome until early on 6 May, workpermit.com gives you an idea of what each party is offering in terms of immigration.
The Conservative Party is calling for annual refugee and immigrant quotas; bonds for temporary workers; compulsory health checks; offshore asylum processing centres; new border police; and, quitting the UN refugee convention.
The Labour Party says it will reduce asylum numbers by tougher rules on settlement and more deportations; it will create an electronic register of all crossing borders; skills-based points system for permanent immigrants.
The Liberal Democrats support common EU asylum policy with fair sharing of asylum settlement; they would allow asylum seekers to work so they don't have to rely on benefits; they back a quota for immigrant workers from outside EU based on skills.
To me conservatives seem like someone who is gonna spend lots of money and they will do nothing. Where are they planning to build offshore processing centres and which countries are going to be "v. happy" to have centres like these on their teritory? Which countries are going to accept the fact that many asylum seekers (fake ones) are going to flee these camps and mess around in their county? Poor countries are on the menu? Hm?!
labour - i don't get this electronic register of all crossing borders. If someone is let's say comming to uk and has visitor visa (or tourist visa, not sure how they call that!) and his visa expires so he wants to stay as overstayer (tough thing to do!) so he works somewhere illegaly and what on the Earth will the do with his electronic registration? They don't know his address, where is he, what is he doing - how electronic registration can help? Taxpayers money will go to nothing.
Liberals are maybe more realistic giving asylum people right to work they will know where are they and have more control.
I have impression that nobody wants to get rid of illegal immigrants!