In the reshuffle, the Prime Minister has put me in change of the immigration policy?Phil Woolas’ appointment as Immigration Minister ruffled a few feathers amongst pro-immigration campaigners, and his latest comments would have done nothing to ease their worries. Out and about in his Oldham constituency, the minister laid out his argument/ for curbing the number of people who are allowed to settle in this country.Mindful of the race riots which scarred Oldham in 2001. I think we have to, as a country, talk about immigration,not talking about it is what led to the problems in my constituency 7 years ago. The lesson of that was that we have to talk about it.We have to do so, in a mature way and a non-discriminatory way, informed by facts, but we have to talk about it. Among the voters of Oldham, Mr. Woolas' views seem to chime.We need to know how many people are coming, and how many people are living in this country, I think he is doing the right thing.we can't get jobs and there is too many people, so I think, definitely, this is something required about that.If you come in and made the effort to come here, then you should be working,not just to live off and feed off the benefit and everything we've got.We have worked for that.So I don't think it's fair that people should be coming in the end, just living off benefits,they should be working, there should be a limit and restriction.But immigration-support groups are concerned. The government's stance is the thin end of an unworkable wedge.There are large number of skills in this country, which we cannot fill from,
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