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UKIP demands immigration 'freeze' | UKIP demands immigration 'freeze' |
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The UK Independence Party says it would halt all immigration to the UK for five years if it won a general election. | The UK Independence Party says it would halt all immigration to the UK for five years if it won a general election. |
Leader Nigel Farage told the party's annual conference in London that public services could not cope with growing numbers of migrants. | |
The ban would stay in place until "proper controls" on people entering the country had been implemented. | The ban would stay in place until "proper controls" on people entering the country had been implemented. |
UKIP is also promising stronger border controls, with all non-UK nationals being "registered and tracked". | UKIP is also promising stronger border controls, with all non-UK nationals being "registered and tracked". |
The proposals are contained in a policy review put to the party conference, which runs until Saturday. | |
'Great strain' | 'Great strain' |
UKIP has now created 17 groups to consider its policies and said it would publish its ideas in full on a daily basis if an election was called. | UKIP has now created 17 groups to consider its policies and said it would publish its ideas in full on a daily basis if an election was called. |
Its main policy is a commitment to remove the UK from the European Union. | Its main policy is a commitment to remove the UK from the European Union. |
Mr Farage said migrants, particularly those arriving from eastern Europe, were placing too great a strain on public services. | |
UKIP would "put in place border controls so that all non-UK nationals who enter the UK can be registered and tracked on their entry and exit from the country". | UKIP would "put in place border controls so that all non-UK nationals who enter the UK can be registered and tracked on their entry and exit from the country". |
"Anyone overstaying their visa will be subject to arrest and removal from the country and will incur a ban on further entry to the UK for a minimum of five years," a party spokesman said. | "Anyone overstaying their visa will be subject to arrest and removal from the country and will incur a ban on further entry to the UK for a minimum of five years," a party spokesman said. |
UKIP says anybody who wishes to come to the UK must be able to speak fluent English and have educational qualifications. | UKIP says anybody who wishes to come to the UK must be able to speak fluent English and have educational qualifications. |
They must also demonstrate loyalty to the UK and be able to support themselves and their family without help from the taxpayer, it adds. | They must also demonstrate loyalty to the UK and be able to support themselves and their family without help from the taxpayer, it adds. |