A good start and one that will leave him babmboozled is:

'how many illegal immigrants do we have in this country'

It is estimated at 4m by the United Nations.

I think 4m illegals in a population of 60m.

Another question is:

''if I even mention the word immigration why am I racist'.

''if I even mention the word immigration why am I racist'.
Because its the only defence these idiots have to keep the great british public from crying out (enough is enough)were full up and dont need any more immigrants in britain were running out of resources. simple bob.but thats politics????

dear phil,
1. why are you and your party still pushing the id card scheme even though it has been proved that they will have no real use and will only be yet another cost? you'll still need a passport at £72 and drivers licence at £25.

2. why are the government not setting up extra forms of income tax on migrant workers to fund the extra burdens they have put on the existing facilities we all expect to use?

3. why did you start off your job as minister for borders and immigration saying you would come down hard on illegal immegrants and migrant workers and yet the only thing you have actually done is to try hard at stopping was the gurkhas settling who have actually more rights to stay in this country than any illegal immigrant or migrant worker.

Another boost for the BNP...

What is Phil Woolas' view on pre-checking potential immigrants to the UK in their country of origin?

There have been numerous examples of people arriving in the UK, being processed, refused entry and made sbject to removal. At this point the inevitable appeals begin:

1) "But it's not safe - my life would be at risk if I were returned".

2) "You can't send me back - it would be against my Human Rights".

Pre-check and avoid the arguments.

I'd like to ask Woolas why he has appealed about paying back his expenses.

I would like to ask Mr Woolas the following questions which my own MP Tony Lloyd will not answer and betting that I don't get an answer from Mr Woolas.

The questions are:

1. How many immigrants of African origin are at present in East Manchester?

2. How many immigrants of Eastern European origin are at present in East Manchester, this does not include members of the European Union?

3. Who chose East Manchester as a final destination for immigrants?

4. Does Manchester City Council receive monies for each individual immigrant who his located in East Manchester or any other district in the Manchester area from central government.

5. What impact is the greater number of people located in East Manchester having on the infrastructure of the area i.e. Jobs,Medical Facilities, Education and Transport.

6. With the total regeneration of the Toxteth Street area of Openshaw, will immigrants either of African or East European origin recieve preferential treatment regarding re-housing whilst residents who have lived in the Openshaw area in sub-standard accommodation for many years be forgotten.

7. The breakdown in the community spirit that existed in East Manchester before the influx of immigrants.


8. Why weren't the residents of East Manchester consulted prior to the influx of immigrants or does their opinion count for nothing.


I would like to assure you that I am not a racist but after listening to the debate I am now rather concerned with the points being discussed and would like some form of clarification on them.

why are so many leaflets printed by the government in languages other than English, Gaelic and Welsh.....it hardly encourages integration?

i am a brit living in thailand.every 90 days i have to renew my tourist visa.
retired ex pats have to report to immigration every 90 days.
get stoped and you have to produce your I D.
having no ID -no problem the Thai police will take you home to produce it.
so my Question is if thailand is approx the same size as England with a similar population how come an alleged 3rd world country can operate so smoothly and england can not??????
i'll tell ya Britain is a soft touch with a government that is spineless. worrying more about wrongdooers than the lawfull.
when you think that England is an island then you realise what a poor job the government are doing
the guys working on the frontline are doing a sterling job,,,, unfortunately the people behind then let the whole country down day after day.
stop an alien no proper paperwork take everything off them including the money in their pocket and
send them to a detention camp awaiting deportation.
if their paperwork is wrong my oppinion is they have no rights just like a low life house breaker who says bye bye when he enters your home uninvited.

We definitely must speed up the immigration process. We could legislate that from now on everyone who seeks asylum in Britain will be required to live in a holding centre until their application is processed.....a bit of international promotion of this new legislation might not go amiss....then on entry to this country every asylum seeker should read and be expected to sign a binding agreement accepting these terms, if they decline they should be refused entry. Its not too much to ask and I believe any individual with a genuine case would be only too willing to agree.

I am not sure if you received my earlier email.

At Tamesdie Central Library in Ashton under Lyne there are at least 200 books in Polish on the shelves in a special Polish section. I have seen no books assisting native Polish speakers to read English.

The majority are for adults although there is a sizable children's section.

Does the Minister believe that the policy of the Library and/or the Council is conducive to community integration or does he feel that such a policy can only assist in the ghettoisation of the Polish speaking community?

When the UK Border Agency arrest illegal immigrants or people who have overstayed their visitors visa why don't the agency keep them in a secure unit until their deportation instead of allowing them to roam our country scot free,the other night on TV nine were detained as visa overstayers and told to report at a later date for deportation not one showed up and you wonder why this country is in such a mess.God help us if Labour win the next election and I'm a Labour voter,sorry was a Labour voter.

A young person from England studying at a Scottish University must pay tuition fees of up to £1,800 per year. Scottish residents and residents from the EU (apart from the English) have their fees paid by the British taxpayer (ie me and you).

The Minister is no doubt aware that his Government has recently announced draconian cutbacks in Higher Education in the coming year with no doubt more to come. Does the Minister believe it is fair and equiable that the British taxpayer should pay for (say) an Italian to come take a University place at the expense of a native born Briton?

Does the Minister perhaps not feel that this is absolutely contrary to the aims of the Equalities Bill currently winding its way through Parliament and that the current situation totally and absolutely discriminates against English students?

As a worker in the IT industry i'd like to ask the Minister what he has done to eliminate the damage being caused by intra-company transfers which companies are employing to drive down salaries and sack local workers? http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/support_services/article6975922.ece

I would also like to ask whether the Minister believes the UK should adopt the EU Blue card skilled worker scheme/directive? http://www.europeanunionbluecard.com

Dear Mr Woolas,

a whistleblower who worked for the UK Border Agency has today spoken out against the abhorrent culture among staff who are assessing asylum applications.

The whistleblower details:

-UKBA staff kept a toy gorilla, placed as a badge of shame on the desk of any officer who approved an asylum application

-The claims of boys from African countries who said they had been forcibly conscripted as child soldiers were tested by making them lie down on the floor and demonstrate how they shot at people in the bush

-The authenticity of an asylum seeker claiming to be from North Korea was determined by the UKBA asking whether they ate chop suey

-If an asylum case was difficult, the UKBA's advice was simply to refuse it and "let a tribunal sort it out"

- A manager at the UK Border Agency said "If it was up to me I'd take them all outside and shoot them."

-When asked about the case of a Congolese woman, a member of the UKBA legal department said "Umbongo, umbongo, they kill them in the Congo."

Source: http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2010/feb/02/border-staff-asylum-seekers-whistleblower

Do you accept that the UK Border Agency has a "culture of disbelief and discrimination" as stated by Keith Vaz?

I know your department is doing a very good job to combat illegals and criminals from UK but can i know. Answering these two questions will elighten alot of people the reason why removal is not as easy as they might think

How long does it take to enforce a signed deportation order?

And what are the condition that make deportation order not to be enforceable?


H David

Why are we bringing nurses into britain ?
Now 55 students due to qualify in March face the dole instead - and others accepted on the programme fear missing out too.

All immigrants are lovely. Thats just about all we can say.

Why is it that the MEN and other papers are so frightened of anything even slightly controversial where immigation and ethnic minorities are concerned?

Big Brother is watching you.

@arachne - surely by your logic you should stop printing leaflets in Gaelic and Welsh?

@Jon, Thailand - any Thai with your politics would now be writing on Thai webforums about you: 'they should take everything off this alien, including his money, put him in a detention camp and deport him!'

Is anybody really going to be allowed to have the freedom of speech to ask him what they want and is he really going to answer a straight question with a straight answer?

I also hope that a future goverment puts the present one on trail for the attack on Iraq, the soft sentences that Judges have given out over the last few years regarding murderers, rapists and innocent victims of violence, they must be made accountable and not hide behind what ex NAZI's used to say "I was only following orders", and as for immigration, what other country opens it's borders to certain groups of immigrants that have don't have any respect for the country and it's culture that they wish to make their home.

i am a brit living in thailand.every 90 days i have to renew my tourist visa. retired ex pats have to report to immigration every 90 days. get stoped and you have to produce your I D. having no ID -no problem the Thai police will take you home to produce it. so my Question is if thailand is approx the same size as England with a similar population how come an alleged 3rd world country can operate so smoothly and england can not?????? i'll tell ya Britain is a soft touch with a government that is spineless. worrying more about wrongdooers than the lawfull. when you think that England is an island then you realise what a poor job the government are doing the guys working on the frontline are doing a sterling job,,,, unfortunately the people behind then let the whole country down day after day. stop an alien no proper paperwork take everything off them including the money in their pocket and send them to a detention camp awaiting deportation. if their paperwork is wrong my oppinion is they have no rights just like a low life house breaker who says bye bye when he enters your home uninvited.
jon(samui blue thailand), thailand

If I am not mistaken, you are behaving illegally in leaving the country every 90 days to renew your visa and then returning. You dont mention this - the fact that you have to sneak across the border and into cambodia and then creep back in every three months, so that you can continue to enjoy the benefits of a country where you can live like a king compared to the way you would be living at home in the UK. Correct me if I am wrong?

So it isn't running smoothly at all is it, not when god knows how many foreigners like yourself are behaving illegally just stay stay in the country. Further to that, how dare you comment on immigrants, legal or otherwise, in your situation? You are the equicilant of an illegal immigrant in Britian, playing the system and taking advantage of a countries laws to suit your own needs. If I am wriong, and they have changed the law there in the last couple of years, feel free to let me know. Otherwise you have just shot yourself in the foot mate.

''if I even mention the word immigration why am I racist'. Because its the only defence these idiots have to keep the great british public from crying out (enough is enough)were full up and dont need any more immigrants in britain were running out of resources. simple bob.but thats politics????
Ace Riley, outsidethebox

Full up? Are you mental? You must be talking about us being 'full up' with immigrants in general? Well, without immigrants the NHS for example would be in a right pickle, when you consider how many foreign nurses we have, helping to patch us up and make us well. You cant be talking about us being 'full up' with illegal immigrants, because the very nature of their illegal status means there is no way on gods green earth that we can know how many there are (or are not). What is your point? Do you even have one?

My Question is why do you not look after the hard working decent folk in this country regardless of their origin, who contribute to the country through taxation, enterprise etc? Instead of which you look after the non-working scrotes (those who have no intention of working), illegal immigrants and so called asylum seekers who contribute nothing but take all that they can? Is it because you have created a self perpetuating lefty liberal socialist industry to pamper to their every need -oh and the fact that they will vote for you?

My questions are;

1. Why do NuLabour get it so wrong and against the wishes of the greater public?

2. Why do NuLabour discriminate against the indigenous population of the UK in favour of asylum seekers, illegal immigrants, and convicted criminals?

3. Why do NuLabour spend hundreds of billions of pounds this country simply can't afford on housing immigrants and asylum seekers while so many indigenous people are homeless?

4. Why do NuLabour MP's think it's ok to defraud the public by claiming expenses for porn movies and mortgages that don't exist?

...but I wouldn't expect him to be honest because he will procrastinate until he can think of an answer that includes; "..the last Tory government", ".......under Thatcher", etc etc.