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<\/picture><\/span>EPA-EFE\/REX\/Shutterstock<\/span><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\nThe home secretary will say it is “not xenophobic” to call mass migration “unsustainable”, in a speech calling for immigration to the UK to come down. <\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Suella Braverman will say there is “no good reason” the UK cannot train its own lorry drivers and fruit pickers. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n It comes as net migration figures for 2022, due to be published next week, are predicted to hit record highs.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Ms Braverman will also say the government must remember their 2019 election pledge to curb migration. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n The home secretary is clearly trying to set out a direction of travel for immigration policy in her speech.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n It’s also likely to be seen as a bit of a warning shot for colleagues who are minded to argue against reducing numbers or considering relaxing immigration rules to solve immediate shortages.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n The government has recently been focusing on tackling illegal migration, in particular small boat crossings – which has been a Conservative pledge for a number of years.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n At the National Conservativism Conference on Monday, Ms Braverman will tell Tories on the right of the party that overall immigration numbers need to come down.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n We must not “forget how to do things for ourselves” she will say, adding: “There is no good reason why we can’t train up enough HGV drivers, butchers or fruit pickers.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Visa rules have been relaxed or adjusted in some sectors in recent years to tackle worker shortages.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n The home secretary will say Brexit enables a high-skilled, high wage economy to be built “that is less dependent on low-skilled foreign labour”.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n The net migration figure for 2022, due to be released next week, is estimated to be at least 700,000 – according to analysis by the centre-right think tank the Centre for Policy Studies.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n This would be a record high, driven in part by the Ukraine resettlement scheme, but mostly by an increase in people coming to the UK to work and study from outside the EU.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Ms Braverman first became home secretary in September 2022, so will arguably have largely inherited the set of migration figures due out later this month. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n By making this speech now she is, in effect, getting her pitch in first before those numbers are released.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Ms Braverman is also expected to use the speech to argue it is “not racist” to want to control Britain’s borders and she is not embarrassed to say she loves Britain. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n “It’s not xenophobic to say that mass and rapid migration is unsustainable in terms of housing supply, service and community relations.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Senior ministers, Tory MPs and right-wing commentators will gather at the three-day event in London, including Michael Gove, Jacob Rees-Mogg and Lord Frost.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Ms Braverman will also say: “I reject the left’s argument that it is hypocritical for someone from an ethnic minority to know these facts; to speak these truths.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Reports that Education Secretary Gillian Keegan had been involved in “watering down” proposals to restrict dependents of students have been rejected by a source at the Department of Education. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n The source said Ms Keegan had vocally supported the “benefits of international students” and suggested others in government had done the same. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n The Times has also reported that Ms Keegan blocked plans to reduce the time foreign students can stay in the UK after finishing their course. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n How is the UK stopping Channel crossings?<\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/div>\n <\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n What is the UK’s plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda?<\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/div>\n <\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n Migration bill passes as Tory rebellion defused<\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/div>\n <\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n What does the PM’s promise to stop the boats mean?<\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/div>\n <\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n Published at Mon, 15 May 2023 04:51:37 +0000<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" UK must train own workers to curb migration – Braverman EPA-EFE\/REX\/Shutterstock By Helen Catt & Charley Adams Political correspondent The home secretary will say it is “not xenophobic” to call mass migration “unsustainable”, in a speech calling for immigration to the UK to come down. 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