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The Coalition, our programme for government :
PM David Cameron and Deputy PM Nick
Clegg
This is an historic document in British politics: the first time in over half a century
two parties have come together to put forward a programme for partnership government.
As our parties have worked together it has become increasingly clear to us that,
although there are differences, there is also common ground. We share a conviction
that the days of big government are over; that centralisation and top-
17. IMMIGRATION
The Government believes that immigration has enriched our culture and strengthened
our economy, but that it must be controlled so that people have confidence in the
system. We also recognise that to ensure cohesion and protect our public services,
we need to introduce a cap on immigration and reduce the number of nonEU immigrants.
We will introduce an annual limit on the number of non-
We will end the detention of children for immigration purposes.
We will create a dedicated Border Police Force, as part of a refocused Serious Organised
Crime Agency, to enhance national security, improve immigration controls and crack
down on the trafficking of people, weapons and drugs. We will work with police forces
to strengthen arrangements to deal with serious crime and other cross-
We support E-
We will apply transitional controls as a matter of course in the future for all new
EU Member States.
We will introduce new measures to minimise abuse of the immigration system, for example
via student routes, and will tackle human trafficking as a priority.
We will explore new ways to improve the current asylum system to speed up the processing of applications.