The Prime Minister’s Immigration Speech | Migration Watch UK

Commenting on David Cameron’s speech on immigration on 25 March 2013, Sir Andrew Green, Chairman of Migration Watch UK, said: 

“It is surely only fair that everybody should contribute to the welfare system before they can draw benefits. The devil is often in the detail but this speech sets out a broad agenda for tightening access to the welfare state and it is the right one.”

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