Conservatives should acknowledge that important parts of our immigration and asylum policies in the 2005 election were wrong. The call for an annual limit on immigration was a mistake.
Given that we have furiously denounced targets, quotas and limits imposed by New Labour in so many other areas, it was bizarre to demand a fixed limit to immigration.
Aside from the cultural benefits of a multiracial society, there is a powerful economic case. Contrary to the apocalyptic warnings that immigration from the new EU member states would damage our economy or social fabric, the new admissions have been a blessing for Britain.
We should call for an end to the growing scandal of arbitrary and unsafe removals of failed asylum-seekers.
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