Sentence examples for legitimate migrants from inspiring English sources

But as ever, the  asylum seekers of Calais are at the very bottom of the United Kingdom's immigration ladder, battling to reach a country where even the legitimate migrants needed to fuel a fragile economy attract a chilly opprobrium.

Brokenshire disagreed with the committee's assessment, saying the government was building an immigration system that was fair to British citizens and legitimate migrants and which had reduced the number of migrants coming from outside Europe by 50,000.

Rightwing politicians along with their compliant corporate media chorus have pummelled negative perceptions into the minds of working- and middle-class Britain about legitimate migrants from Bulgaria and Romania, rather than discuss the true benefits or costs of belonging to the EU.

But in working with our international partners, I am, of course ever mindful of our responsibilities on this side of the channel, chief of which is the need for an immigration system that is fair to British citizens and legitimate migrants and tough on those who flout the law".

It is, of course, right to root out abuse of the visa system, but the truth is that the government's net migration target will only be met by drastic reductions in the number of legitimate migrants who come to the UK from outside the EU.

"That's not fair to the British public and it's not fair to the legitimate migrants who contribute to our society and our economy".

These days, the most visible wave of legitimate migrant workers comes from Poland.In some ways, though, history has turned in the Home Office's favour.

A couple of Ghanaians said they are legitimate migrant workers but didn't have their papers on them when they were picked up by a patrol.

David Balding, Imperial College London: Genes don't respect national borders as many legitimate citizens are migrants or direct descendants of migrants, and many national borders split ethnic groups.

David Balding, a population geneticist at Imperial College London, notes that "genes don't respect national borders, as many legitimate citizens are migrants or direct descendants of migrants, and many national borders split ethnic groups".

Pledges by the UK and other nations to take refugees specifically from Syria sparked accusations that governments are driving even migrants with legitimate claims to lie about their nationality.