Cameron’s immigration speech confuses many
London, Oct. 25: The British Prime Minister, Mr David Cameron, on Monday indicated that the Tory-LibDem coalition government would change its policy on capping the immigration from outside the European Union.
The UK’s new coalition government imposed an interim cap on immigration in July this year and plans to impose a permanent cap from next year. The Conservative party had promised to reduce immigration and impose a cap in its manifesto.
Mr Cameron, who is facing opposition over the permanent cap on immigration from the business leaders and academics, indicated in a speech to industrialists at the Confederation of British Industry on Monday morning that his government would be willing to change its previous inflexible position on the immigration cap.
“As we control our borders and bring immigration to a manageable level, we will not impede you from attracting the best talent from around the world,” Mr Cameron said in his speech.
However, Mr Cameron did not give any indication how the immigration cap would be modified or changed to allow the businesses to hire more people.
The Downing Street, however, said that Mr Cameron’s statement did not mean that the coalition government was rethinking the immigration cap.
The coalition government is running a consultation with the businesses over the permanent cap due to be imposed from 2011.
“We will be looking obviously at the level of that cap and at the way in which it operates ,” a spokesperson added.
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