Keir Starmer Quotes

The U.K. will leave the European Union, freedom of movement will end, and the British parliament will decide how many people come to live here.

UKIP believe that immigration can be an extremely positive thing. But it has to be controlled.

We can bring immigration down to sustainable levels.

Freedom from the E.U. can only be beneficial for our country. We could finally take control of our immigration policies, introduce a fairer system, and keep numbers at a sustainable level that benefits our economy.

The fact is, as we leave the EU, Britain will be able to choose its own immigration system rather than having free movement with one part of the world and a managed system with elsewhere.

Whatever happens with Brexit, what I am absolutely convinced will not happen is that free movement of individuals, free movement of people, will not change, North and South without passports.

As we leave the E.U., freedom of movement falls away, because it's an E.U. rule... What we then have to say is, 'What then is on the blank piece of paper that is an immigration policy?'

If we are to believe that our immigration laws simply have no value, as our current policies would have us believe, should we then simply throw them all out, the entire lot of immigration law? I hope not.

I'm not saying we need to stop immigration at all; people can come from wherever.

I'm not anti-immigration.

I respect those who openly advocate for unlimited immigration to the United States. Open borders is an intellectually coherent, defensible position.

I'm in favor of immigration but we also need rules.

I don't know the right number of immigrants to let in.

We're a nation of immigrants - there's no question about that. But we're also a nation of laws. I think we have to honor both of those.

Immigration policy should be based on what is good for America, not what is good for Mexico. Immigration to America should not be the safety valve for Mexico.

The reason we have to close the back door of illegal immigration is so that we may keep open the front door of legal immigration.

It is important that we enact immigration reform.

I completely understand why people are concerned about immigration. There's no silver bullet, no one thing you can do to suddenly deal with all the problems and concerns with immigration, and that includes leaving the E.U.

Nigel Farage has persuaded too many people that we have lost control of our borders.

Whatever threats Remain may continue to fire at us, they cannot answer the simple and most basic proposition: that only by leaving the European Union can we control the numbers coming to our country.

We cannot allow voters to fall for the spin that a vote to leave is the only way to deal with concerns about immigration. We can do far more to address both the level and impact of immigration while remaining in the E.U.

We'd accept Germany either allowing all migrants in or not allowing any in. But whatever Germany decides should only apply to Germany.

I have fought for open immigration which is something I disagree with Nigel Farage on.

We believe in immigration, but we don't believe in mass immigration.

Surely everyone can agree that immigration should be controlled.