Originally Posted by The Bear

I think that people should move on from a “British immigration Policy” and realise that what we should be thinking in terms of is the EU immigration policy, we are after all a member state of the European Union.

Far better than sitting on The Rock whinging about remaining “les isolétes” as the French contemptuously call us we would be much better employed pushing within the EU for a hardening of the EU borders.

Actually we are a bit of a problem for people in the other EU states as it is.

By allowing so many immigrants to Britain in particular from places such as Bangladesh and Pakistan, let alone by recognising their right to claim British Citizenship, a right very often only as a result of an assertion by a village head man that someone is the legitimate son or daughter of an existing British national, what we are doing is actually providing a portal for these people to gain access to the whole of the EU.

Right now, or at least up to now, there has been marked advantage to such immigrants staying in Britain to predate off the British Welfare State, but once the stealth cuts get serious they will up sticks and head for another European state.

Maybe there is a good bargaining chip there that could be used to get the EU borders less porous.

Maybe there should be a push to get the EU less refugee friendly at the same time.