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Population and Immigration

The Minister makes a fair point, but I am trying to open up a broader discussion on immigration issues. Everything that I have tried to say reflects the somewhat schizophrenic nature of the Home Office, where known flouters of the rules are left to live freely, while individuals who contribute or could bring great benefit to the UK face a brick wall. The message that our immigration system sends out is completely askew. We must make it clear—perhaps I disagree here with my hon. Friend the Member for Mid-Sussex—that Britain is open to highly skilled migrants, hard-working international students—who will be ambassadors for this country in the decades to come—applying to legitimate institutions, and those asylum seekers and refugees willing to play by the rules.