U.K. IMMIGRATION (2)

The U.K. Government has a totally unrealistic target of bringing down net migration from 252,000 in 2010 to the "tens of thousands" by 2015.

The latest figures, for the year to September 2013, show that it rose from 154,000 to 212,000. One reason was a marked increase in immigration by E.U. citizens, from 149,000 to 209,000.

Because of E.U. law, the latter figures are totally outside the Government's control. Furthermore, they reflect life before the relaxation of the restrictions on immigrants from Romania and Bulgaria on 1 January this year. As I say, the target is totally unrealistic.

Walter Blotscher