Migration minister Seema Malhotra called for tougher action to lower net migration, emphasising the need to address skills gaps and reduce reliance on overseas recruitment. She announced measures targeting employers who abuse visa rules, saying that tackling the root causes is essential to bringing migration numbers down further. Report by Covellm. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
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00:00What these figures show is that the Tories totally lost control of our immigration system
00:04if what we've seen is that in the space of four years net migration quadrupled to almost
00:11a million.
00:12We absolutely believe that net migration has to come down, but in order to do that we need
00:17to go further.
00:18That's why we believe that you need to tackle the causes of net migration including linking
00:24skills and visa policies, so you're addressing those gaps in skills and reducing the reliance
00:28on overseas recruitment, but it's also why today I set out new measures, tough measures
00:35to tackle employers who abuse our visa system and flout the rules.
00:40I think what people can see is that the record of the Tories where we saw returns for those
00:45who have no right to be here dropping by 25%, where we saw an asylum system that we inherited
00:51that collapsed with a 75% cut in decision making, people have seen that the system has
00:57been broken and the Tories have lost control.
00:59What we believe is that you need to have an immigration system that is fair, that is controlled
01:03and that is managed and that's why the fact that we have a plan, that we are looking at
01:07what is driving net migration and we have a plan to address it, linking skills policy
01:12and visa policy, is why people will see that they can have confidence in the way we're
01:16working and that we are looking to have an immigration system working in the interests
01:20of our country.