People in North East Cambridgeshire speak time and again about their concern at the cost and challenges of illegal and poorly controlled migration. Steve Barclay stands with us in wanting to keep our country safe, with strong border controls to stop illegal entry.

Few people dispute that this Government has totally failed to keep our borders secure. We know all about the disgusting human trafficking that goes on, the bogus asylum seekers and the evil crime syndicates that smuggle people in who have no right to be here.

We also know all too well that the Government does nothing about it and has lost control of our borders. Here is the reality of the Government's disgraceful failure to keep our nation and borders safe and secure:

· 577,000 people came to Britain in 2007 - and net migration was 237,000
· The population has risen 1.8 million since 1997 thanks to immigration alone - There were 25,800 asylum applications in the 12 months to September 2008, a rise of 15% on the year before
· To cope with all this, some 65,000 new homes are needed each year, meaning even more concrete and congestion along with increasing pressure on our public services

And while they fail to stop people coming to Britain that have no right to be here, we know that locally they arrest illegal entrants who try to leave the country. Meanwhile France has stopped us using anti people smuggling scanners at Calais . . . without a squeak of protest from the Government. These scanners are important to stop human trafficking. We will never forget the people who have suffocated and died in containers while being trafficked.

Steve Barclay believes in proper border security and wants to ensure the safety and security of our nation for the long term.


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