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| Clegg looks at targeted migration | Clegg looks at targeted migration |
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| The Liberal Democrats are considering a plan to channel immigration to certain areas of the country. | The Liberal Democrats are considering a plan to channel immigration to certain areas of the country. |
| Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg told BBC One's Andrew Marr show the South East of England was facing pressure on resources due to its rising population. | Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg told BBC One's Andrew Marr show the South East of England was facing pressure on resources due to its rising population. |
| He said other countries had shown it was "relatively easy" to target immigration at areas with proven labour shortages and away from crowded ones. | |
| But he rejected Conservative calls for an annual cap on immigration. | But he rejected Conservative calls for an annual cap on immigration. |
| "David Cameron wants to enter into a Dutch auction now, entering into implausible caps that can't work, that don't work, that we know round the world doesn't work. | "David Cameron wants to enter into a Dutch auction now, entering into implausible caps that can't work, that don't work, that we know round the world doesn't work. |
| "It might work in his focus groups but it is not actually going to produce the cohesive Britain that I want to see," he told BBC1's Andrew Marr Show. | "It might work in his focus groups but it is not actually going to produce the cohesive Britain that I want to see," he told BBC1's Andrew Marr Show. |
| "What has gone wrong in the immigration debate is that we have now had decades of tough talk and administrative incompetence from both Conservative and Labour governments." | "What has gone wrong in the immigration debate is that we have now had decades of tough talk and administrative incompetence from both Conservative and Labour governments." |
| He also warned that because more British people worked overseas than there were foreign workers in the UK "if we simply pull up the drawbridge from one day to the next, we might actually find that we get a less welcome reception in other countries too". | He also warned that because more British people worked overseas than there were foreign workers in the UK "if we simply pull up the drawbridge from one day to the next, we might actually find that we get a less welcome reception in other countries too". |
| Mr Clegg said other countries had developed ways of limiting immigration to certain areas and preventing them from moving on to more "crowded" areas. | Mr Clegg said other countries had developed ways of limiting immigration to certain areas and preventing them from moving on to more "crowded" areas. |
| "It is relatively easy, when people register to work, that they do so with local authorities so you know who is working where," he said. | "It is relatively easy, when people register to work, that they do so with local authorities so you know who is working where," he said. |
| "It is plausible. It works in other countries." | "It is plausible. It works in other countries." |
| He said population pressure in the South East of England was causing a strain on public services but on a visit to the Borders region of Scotland he had found "some industries are crying out for more people to come to the area to work". | He said population pressure in the South East of England was causing a strain on public services but on a visit to the Borders region of Scotland he had found "some industries are crying out for more people to come to the area to work". |