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Migration to the UK must be capped, says ex-immigration minister Robert Jenrick

Source: PA

Former immigration minister Robert Jenrick has called for a cap on net immigration, claiming a “far more restrictive system” is needed.

Mr Jenrick says the government’s recently-passed bill will soon “join the graveyard of policies” that failed to tackle illegal migration with refugees, telling that it would not deter them

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