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| Cameron hailed over immigration | Cameron hailed over immigration |
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| The head of the new equality quango has heaped praise on David Cameron for his attempts to "deracialise" immigration. | The head of the new equality quango has heaped praise on David Cameron for his attempts to "deracialise" immigration. |
| Trevor Phillips, chair of the Equality and Human Rights Commission, heralded the Tory leader's speech as a turning point in the immigration debate. | Trevor Phillips, chair of the Equality and Human Rights Commission, heralded the Tory leader's speech as a turning point in the immigration debate. |
| He said Mr Cameron had set himself apart from Tories such as Enoch Powell, famed for his "Rivers of Blood" speech. | |
| Mr Cameron on Monday said there were many benefits from immigration but the levels should be "substantially lower". | |
| The Conservative leader said immigration had to be considered alongside other population pressures including people living longer, and more people choosing to live alone. He said his proposal to cut the level of immigration was nothing to do with race, but was because of the pressure on services such as schools, hospitals and housing | |
| Speaking openly | Speaking openly |
| Mr Phillips said: "For the first time in my adult life I heard a party leader clearly attempting to deracialise the issue of immigration and to treat it like any other question of political and economic management." | Mr Phillips said: "For the first time in my adult life I heard a party leader clearly attempting to deracialise the issue of immigration and to treat it like any other question of political and economic management." |
| "And given that Mr Cameron is speaking against a background in which his party's policy inheritance is defined by Howard, Hague, Thatcher and Powell, this seems to me like a turning point in our national debate about immigration." | "And given that Mr Cameron is speaking against a background in which his party's policy inheritance is defined by Howard, Hague, Thatcher and Powell, this seems to me like a turning point in our national debate about immigration." |
| We need to meet head on the challenges of rapid and diverse population growth Trevor Phillips Migrant funds 'needed' | We need to meet head on the challenges of rapid and diverse population growth Trevor Phillips Migrant funds 'needed' |
| He said this was "one that will make it possible for us to speak openly and sensibly about the subject, which most of the country sees as the single-most important in politics". | He said this was "one that will make it possible for us to speak openly and sensibly about the subject, which most of the country sees as the single-most important in politics". |
| However, Mr Phillips, previously head of the Commission on Racial Equality, which has been superseded by the EHRC, told a conference in Birmingham: "But Mr Cameron has a little way to go on this matter himself. | However, Mr Phillips, previously head of the Commission on Racial Equality, which has been superseded by the EHRC, told a conference in Birmingham: "But Mr Cameron has a little way to go on this matter himself. |
| "He is asking the 21st Century question about immigration. But unfortunately, he is giving the 20th Century answer in proposing that all of these issues can be solved by capping numbers. | "He is asking the 21st Century question about immigration. But unfortunately, he is giving the 20th Century answer in proposing that all of these issues can be solved by capping numbers. |
| "Rather, we need to meet head on the challenges of rapid and diverse population growth. | "Rather, we need to meet head on the challenges of rapid and diverse population growth. |
| "We need to find ways to capitalise on the injection of energy that new migrants bring and bolster our infrastructure and public services to cope with the new demands." | "We need to find ways to capitalise on the injection of energy that new migrants bring and bolster our infrastructure and public services to cope with the new demands." |
| Border police | Border police |
| In his speech, Mr Cameron argued that economic migration from outside the European Union, should be subject to annual limits. | In his speech, Mr Cameron argued that economic migration from outside the European Union, should be subject to annual limits. |
| And people from new EU countries should be subject to controls on access to the labour market - as the government has done for Romania and Bulgaria. | And people from new EU countries should be subject to controls on access to the labour market - as the government has done for Romania and Bulgaria. |
| There are no immigration restrictions on people from existing EU member states. | |
| Other pledges he made were to set up a border police force with powers to track down and remove illegal migrants and to raise the minimum age for spouses coming to Britain to 21, and ensure they can speak English. | Other pledges he made were to set up a border police force with powers to track down and remove illegal migrants and to raise the minimum age for spouses coming to Britain to 21, and ensure they can speak English. |
| He said that part of the attempts to cut economic migrants from outside the EU would involve making it a priority to get people "off benefits and into work". | He said that part of the attempts to cut economic migrants from outside the EU would involve making it a priority to get people "off benefits and into work". |