COLOMBO (News 1st) – Speaking on News 1st Newsline program today (August 07) morning, MP and former British State Minister of Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs Sir Hugo Swire was inquired on aspects of immigration policy.

Sir Hugo said that he believes that immigration has not been controlled, and it is a government’s number one priority to protect its original citizens. He added that hundreds and thousands of people are in the UK and no one has any idea how they ended up in the UK. According to him, it’s negligent on behalf of the government or successive governments.

He finally added that the citizens need a fairer system and fair-minded aspect of British are terribly abused.

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