Record immigration levels and Home Office lies

More than 150,000 foreigners from outside the EU were allowed to work in the UK last year, a figure almost four times higher than when Labour were elected in 1997. Some 151,635 work permit applications were granted between December 2007 and November last year.
This is a 17% increase on the 140,600 issued in 2007, and almost a four-fold rise on the 42,800 approved in 1997.  More than one in four migrants with work permits were allowed to stay for up to five years, although 40% were for less than a year. Applications were approved for migrants wanting towork & live in the UK or extensions for those already working here.
Tory leader David Cameron said in a recent television interview: “I think it was very important to make it clear that we believe in a multiracial Britain. We believe it’s a success. We think immigration has been good for Britain in the past. We think immigration will continue, but not any immigration, not all immigration, it needs to be controlled.”
A Home Office spokeswoman said: “More than 90% of people working in this country are UK citizens and their rate of employment has remained stable.” “But when it comes to immigration, in difficult economic times we need a tough system. That’s why we’re using the flexibility that the new Points Based System allows to force employers to offer British jobs through Job Centre plus before recruiting foreign workers. And we’re working together to get people the skills needed for these jobs to boost their chances even further.”
Yes, of course you are…  that’s why workers had to strike at Total Oil in the north-east last week.