ImmigrationNational 20h 46m left
Should Parliament transfer ongoing power over immigration policy to direct citizen votes?
Parliament holds sovereignty over UK immigration rules, recently tightened through the 2025 Border Security Act and 2026 Immigration and Asylum Bill which increase removals, reform asylum appeals and introduce temporary protections. Net migration has fallen to around 171,000 but public concern remains high, with polls showing 57-70% believe levels are too high and many view post-Brexit control as insufficient.
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Immigration policy is as much about who we want to be as a nation, what future we want to have, then how we manage the economic situation. Do we want to end up like Japan, homogeneous but with a terminal population collapse, do we want to end up an island of strangers, do we want to try something different? The government only cares for political expediency and economics.
We need serious parliamentary planning and public investment, not populist gimmicks...