MICHAEL Howard's announcement that his party would have maximum quotas for asylum seekers horrifies me. Asylum seekers are people running for their lives.
On the other hand immigrants are people who move to this country because they want to.
While we are members of the European Union, the entire population of the other EU countries have the legal right to live here, including the recently joined eastern Europe countries.
Mr Howard's announcement is little more than an attempt to fool voters that he can stop the tide now flowing and shows he cares little for the most vulnerable.
R TINGEY
Pinehurst, Swindon
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