Quote Originally Posted by joebloggs View Post
So anyone btw 2000-2008 could just come to the uk, there was no need for a visa ? tell me how it was an open immigration policy, not the waffle just the facts on how millions came to the UK, what visa category did they use?
Simple


Hundreds of thousands of "asylum seekers", "students", "tourists" overstayers, criminals etc had precious little enforcement to fear, the ineffective Home Office lost or warehoused files then at the end of the day there was Labours 1997 Human Rights Act plus legal aid to win claims to stay in the UK