DILEMMAS OF CONTROL: - What does the public think about immigration and how should

Yet there is a common need to better understand where the public is coming from, in all its nuance and complexity – and to work to rebuild damaged public trust in the capacity of politicians and the Government to manage it well, in the interests of new arrivals to Britain and the communities that they join. [...] Public attitudes in a period of record net migration It is ten years since the then Prime Minister David Cameron committed the Conservative Party to renegotiating the UK’s membership of the EU and to an in-out referendum2 and seven since the British public voted to leave. [...] Fig.5.3: Public views of the Rwanda scheme’s effectiveness and cost Do you think the Rwanda scheme is likely or unlikely to… 25 British Future / Dilemmas of Control: What does the public think about immigration and how should politicians respond? Division and dissatisfaction over policy is manifested in the tone of the asylum debate and attitudes to the issue more broadly – including a lack of tru. [...] Labour is trusted to have the right policies on immigration by 59% to 32% among the most pro-migration section of the public, a net trust score of +27, with a score of -19 among the balancer middle and -56 among the toughest anti-migration section of the public. [...] 31 British Future / Dilemmas of Control: What does the public think about immigration and how should politicians respond? How much will immigration matter? The rise and fall of salience Fig.6.1: Salience of immigration over time The public salience of immigration has fluctuated dramatically over the last decade, peaking in 2016 when 56% of the public saw immigration as a priority, but falling to s.