Medway Lib Dems Statement on the immigration bill

Medway Liberal Democrats stand with Alistair Carmichael - the MP for Orkney, Shetland in his stark warning to the Labour Party about the language they are using when it comes to immigration in the UK.

Alistair said: “I fear that Labour is falling into the same trap that the Tories did – leaning on hostile rhetoric around immigration and damaging our public services and our economy in the process.

We should not pander to the far right but instead fix the problems that enable them. If you feed that wolf eventually it will eat you.

We need a flexible, dynamic legal migration system that works for our country and our economy, while treating everyone with dignity and respect.

We should have no truck with the demonisation of desperate people fleeing persecution, war or starvation, nor indeed of those who are on the frontline of our health and social care sectors. The last thing we need is to do more harm to our fragile public services.”

Medway Liberal Democrats urge Medway Labour - MPs and councillors - to support all Medway’s community groups through positive actions and language, and to not engage using antagonistic rhetoric that will make Medway a less attractive place to work and live.

ENDS