How do we know the numbers?
Date published: 31 January 2014
MEP Paul Nuttall
Local MEP Paul Nuttall has queried how we will know how many migrants have arrived from Bulgaria and Romania as he believes immigration officials are not keeping count.
“I frequently hear that the numbers of Romanians and Bulgarians arriving in the UK are much lower than the predictions made by UKIP and other opponents of mass immigration" said Mr Nuttall, UKIP Deputy Leader.
“As an MEP frequently travelling to and from the European Parliament, I am in the habit of asking UK border control staff, "Are you counting the Romanians and Bulgarians arriving here?" - "No sir," is the invariable reply, "it is freedom of movement from those countries".
“I have to ask the question, if UK border staff are just waving them through, how can we ever know how many Romanians and Bulgarians are coming here?
“More specifically, how can our political leaders, including the Prime Minister, be claiming that the numbers are lower than expected or ‘reasonable’? Are we being misled again?”
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