Migration Watch UK Press Comment on the UKIP and Liberal Democrat Manifesto Launches | Migration Watch UK

Commenting on UKIP’s manifesto launch, Lord Green of Deddington, Chairman of Migration Watch UK, said:

These proposals are dependent on the UK leaving the EU. Were that to happen following a referendum, these are broadly sensible proposals.

And on the Liberal Democrat’s manifesto launch:

These proposals on immigration are fairly harmless but they completely duck the main issue, which is the current massive scale of immigration.

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