Should immigration be sharply reduced?
The number of immigrants admitted each year should be sharply reduced.
- Strongly agree
- Somewhat agree
- Somewhat disagree
- Strongly disagree
What's at stake: The debate is about a country's ability to choose how many people it admits, weighed against economic needs and individual rights.
The left's argument
Immigration meets labour needs and rests on rights that can't simply be erased.
The centre's argument
Manage immigration by category (work, study, asylum) rather than an overall cut.
The right's argument
A country must be able to choose how many people it takes in, based on what it can absorb.
And you, where do you stand?
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