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Commenters say immigration crackdown misses the real problems

Original: "The “legitimate concerns” were real, but the diagnosis was wrong - and instead of fixing housing, training, wages and p

A widely shared commentary argues that public concerns about housing, training, wages and public services are legitimate, but that blaming immigration is the wrong diagnosis. It criticises governments for cracking down on migration because the far right framed it as the root cause, comparing the approach to the Brexit debate and warning that the same mistake is being repeated.

Why now: Immigration policy and its role in easing or worsening economic pressures is a live political debate in the UK and beyond.

UK governmentfar rightmigration policyBrexit

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• "The “legitimate concerns” were real, but the diagnosis was wrong - and instead of fixing housing, training, wages and public services, government chose to hammer migration because the far-right told them that was the problem. We have done this before with Brexit, and once… · junesim63@mstdn.social · 13

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