Call for more debate on immigration
Updated on 08 November 2009
Home Secretary Alan Johnson has called for a "rational" debate on immigration to challenge the views of the far right British National Party.
In an interview with The Independent, Mr Johnson acknowledged that Labour may have in the past avoided the issue and in doing so played into the hands of the the BNP.
"People think we have shied away from a debate on it. They may well be right," he said. "It is a major public concern. The public deserves a rational debate on this, rather than what they sometimes get, which is at the extreme end of the scale."
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