British Opposition Leader Calls for Population Stabilization
British Conservative Party leader and likely future Prime Minister, David Cameron has called for a population stabilization in Great Britain. Cameron said the nation's population must stay below 70 million, which means they have to reduce net immigration.
"In the past decade, net immigration in some years has been sort of 200,000, so implying a two million increase over a decade, which I think is too much," Cameron said on a BBC television show. "We would like to see net immigration in the tens of thousands rather than the hundreds of thousands. I don’t think that’s unrealistic."
Immigration has become a growing issue in Britain and both parties are taking hard-line stances on enforcement. The Office for National Statistics estimates that Britain's population will increase from 62 million to 70 million by 2029.
Some recent government actions include employers posting skilled job openings for at least four weeks before allowing an immigrant to take the job. The government has also taken steps to make it more difficult for asylum-seekers. The Conservative Party has proposed nearly a 75% cut in net immigration by non-EU immigrants.
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