It's a Fair Swop!

The Government is under pressure to allow 3,000 unaccompanied children in Europe to settle in the UK. (BBC Radio 4 "Today".) That's a "small but significant number", said Labour's Shadow Immigration Minister.  In 1979 I was told that 10,000 men a year using marriage to live in the UK was "not many". These men have children both to strengthen their claim to these islands and to strengthen their community. Mrs. Thatcher's Government did not keep its promise to close this loophole. So since 1979 probably a million people are living in these islands. Children have children. 3,000 fails to take into account chain migration. I would readily swop those 3,000 for the 10,000 men a year who use marriage to live here.