Immigration under Labour would be driven by values, says Abbott

Shadow home secretary tells the Guardian that current numbers-based system has failed

A Labour government would make values, not numbers, the driving force behind immigration policy, and challenge the “edge of fear” that has characterised the debate for decades, according to the shadow home secretary, Diane Abbott.

“What I would say is different about Jeremy [Corbyn] – and myself as home secretary – is we want to talk about values,” she said. “Because it flows from your values, actually, if you hold them genuinely, what sort of immigration system that you have.”

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