The Independent logo The Independent 2 weeks ago

Leading article: The immigration debate we need

The Home Secretary, Alan Johnson, suggests in an interview with this newspaper today that the Government has "shied away" from the debate about immigration. In fact ministers have often seemed to talk about little else over the past decade. Full Article at The Independent

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  1. The legacy problems of unreturned foreign national prisoners and asylum-seekers may have accumulated under previous administrations but they continued to be ignored for far too long on our watch.
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  2. Spanish Interior Minister Alfredo Perez Rubalcaba (R) and Britain's Home Secretary Alan Johnson sit together at the start of a seminar for Spanish and British top police officials in Madrid November 17, 2009.
  3. LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM - NOVEMBER 11: (EMBARGOED FOR PUBLICATION IN UK NEWSPAPERS UNTIL 48 HOURS AFTER CREATE DATE AND TIME) Home Secretary Alan Johnson MP attends the Armistice Day service at Westminster Abbey on November 11, 2009 in London, England.
  4. LONDON, ENGLAND - NOVEMBER 03: British Prime Minister Gordon Brown (r) and Home Secretary Alan Johnson (l) attend a question and answer session with police chiefs, council workers and members of the public in Shoreditch on November 3, 2009 in London, England.
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  9. CALAIS, FRANCE - SEPTEMBER 23: An Afghan migrant living in a makeshift tent adjacent to the Calais ferry terminal holds his pet kestrel on September 23, 2009 in Calais, France.

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