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Xenophobia in UK Politics

Categories: Articles:Asylum & Refugees | Published: 04/11/2011 | Views: 1714
The debates about lost cases, strong borders and foreign criminals seem to overlook that immigrants are human. Writing for the Institute for Race Relations on Nov 4, John Grayson maps the shift to the right taken by our political parties. He argues that ideas that once belonged to the BNP have been used by the Conservatives and the Labour party in an attempt to win votes. 

Read John Grayson's full article here
David Blunkett also writes about this in the Gaurdian.  He warns the Labour Party that they cannot outdo the Conservatives on immigration. "The idea that "getting tough" on anyone seeking to enter Britain is the answer is a message of despair." Read his article here 

 

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