Labour sent out ‘search parties’ for immigrants
to get them to come to the UK, Lord Mandelson has admitted.
In a stunning confirmation that the Blair and
Brown governments deliberately engineered mass immigration, the former Cabinet
Minister and spin doctor said New Labour sought out foreign workers.
He also conceded that the influx of arrivals
meant the party’s traditional supporters are now unable to find work.
By contrast, Labour leader Ed Miliband has said
his party got it wrong on immigration but has refused to admit it was too high
under Labour.
Between 1997 and 2010, net migration to Britain
totalled more than 2.2million, more than twice the population of
Birmingham.
The annual net figure quadrupled under Labour
from 48,000 people in 1997 to 198,000 by 2009.
Lord Mandelson’s remarks come three years after
Labour officials denied claims by former adviser Andrew Neather that they
deliberately encouraged immigration in order to change the make-up of
Britain.
Mr Neather said the policy was designed to ‘rub
the Right’s nose in diversity’.
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