Sentences with phrase «immigration targets»

They continue to talk about bogus immigration targets, which they have not met and will never meet.

But we can't assume that raising immigration targets will solve all our problems.

Municipal governments also need to be a partner with their federal and provincial counterparts in determining immigration targets and migration strategies, because cities are truly where the rubber will hit the road.

We make no apologies for putting those aims before bogus immigration targets.

The business secretary derided the government's immigration target as «basically very stupid», warning that it was meaningless, impossible to enforce and «ludicrous».

Shadow Home Secretary Diane Abbott has also demanded a full inquiry into whether Ms Rudd breached rules over illegal immigration targets.

Schumer also used his «View» appearance to hit back at the president's accusation that the New York Democrat cried «fake tears» during a press conference last month on the administration's executive order on immigration targeting refugees and people from seven Muslim - majority countries.

George Osborne uses Evening Standard to attack Theresa May over «rash» immigration target HE supported

Theresa May has indicated that the Tories are to keep the «tens of thousands immigration target».

Labour, however, made clear there would be no let - up on the pressure on Rudd, who apologised on Friday in a series of late - night tweets for not knowing the Home Office did use immigration targets, when she had previously said it did not.

«There is something deeply unsavoury about the inhumanity with which immigration targets are being pursued.

«It is utterly pointless setting immigration targets when you can't even decide who comes in to this country.

The government's immigration targets for next year, revealed Tuesday, stayed level at 300,000, but established that threshold as a permanent baseline, with plans to increase it in future years.

And in a separate letter, Shadow Home Secretary Diane Abbott demanded a full inquiry into whether her counterpart knowingly misled MPs over illegal immigration targets.

David Cameron and Ed Miliband were talking tax and business, while Nick Clegg was in the news over a poll suggesting he was as risk of losing his Sheffield seat, and Nigel Farage was in a Radio 4 interview taking questions on immigration targets.

The clash between the Prime Minister and Ms Cooper came as Labour Leader Jeremy Corbyn accused Ms May of knowing «full well» of the problems faced by the Windrush generation, and called on the Government to ditch «bogus immigration targets that have driven this hostile culture».

This is why RBC went on record last year, saying that Canada should raise its immigration targets.

The call was the most controversial proposal in a policy document which also suggested scrapping universal winter fuel payments, excluding students and highly skilled workers from the immigration target, ensuring new teachers have at least a 2:1 degree and abandoning automatic pay rises for doctors and nurses.

Immigration targets are based on a lack of understanding of the UK's labour needs and could seriously damage the economy.

The ex-Chancellor also signalled he would like to drop the «tens of thousands» immigration target or at least remove students from the cap.

The government can not tell British people to leave the country to meet an immigration target, says Nick Clegg.

Cable dismissed the immigration target as «unobtainable and largely meaningless» and warned that all it was doing was restricting the number of foreign students coming to the UK and those on skilled work permits, which was damaging business.

Theresa May, with an obsession bordering on monomania, has committed to this immigration target with a vengeance.