One of Britain’s most prominent Indian-origin MPs Keith Vaz has warned the Government against an immigration “arms race” that would create tougher policies.
The chairman of the influential House of Commons’ Home Affairs Committee called on all major political parties to work together on the issue to keep “fringe parties” in check.
“What is needed is not an arms race among our party leaders on immigration policy but a new consensus... Messrs Cameron, Clegg and Miliband should now sit down together and talk about this issue.
“By doing this they will deny fringe parties the opportunity to fill the vacuum and demonstrate to the British people they want to engage purposefully and productively in addressing one of the most challenging issues that our nation faces,” the
senior labour MP wrote in the Sunday Express. Vaz stressed on the urgent need to get realistic estimates on the much-talked-about influx of Romanians and Bulgarians once curbs are
lifted at the end of this year.