Assembly Candidate Condemns David Cameron’s Comments On Immigration
Brian Faloon, who is standing as an Assembly candidate in South Belfast for People Before Profit has condemned the Prime Minister’s comments on immigration as provocative and simply untrue.
Brian was responding in the wake of comments by the Prime Minister that Immigrants have caused a "kind of discomfort and disjointedness" in Britain.
Brian says “The truth is that overseas nationals are the backbone of our NHS and large sections of our economy. They are our work colleagues, our neighbours and our friends. They deserve better that the appalling rhetoric of David Cameron that will no doubt be used to justify discriminating against them and indeed, as we have seen so often in areas like South Belfast, attacking them.
Brian continued “Cameron says that migrants don’t want to learn English. This is a lie. The truth is that across the UK and Northern Ireland over 195,000 people are taking English for Speakers of other languages (ESOL) courses. Earlier this year Cameron's government announced huge cuts to funding these courses. Initial findings of an Association of Colleges survey suggests that over 100,000 of these students will now lose their funding and be forced to abandon their courses”.
Brian has urged areas like South Belfast to “ensure that immigrants are made feel part of the community. Their treatment should reflect the huge contribution, economically, socially and culturally that they bring to us”
Brian has a long history of opposing racism. He was one of the founders of Love Music Hate Racism in Northern Ireland, a group set up to promote anti-racism and multi-culturalism through the Northern Ireland Music scene.
Brian Faloon, who is standing as an Assembly candidate in South Belfast for People Before Profit has condemned the Prime Minister’s comments on immigration as provocative and simply untrue.
Brian was responding in the wake of comments by the Prime Minister that Immigrants have caused a "kind of discomfort and disjointedness" in Britain.
Brian says “The truth is that overseas nationals are the backbone of our NHS and large sections of our economy. They are our work colleagues, our neighbours and our friends. They deserve better that the appalling rhetoric of David Cameron that will no doubt be used to justify discriminating against them and indeed, as we have seen so often in areas like South Belfast, attacking them.
Brian continued “Cameron says that migrants don’t want to learn English. This is a lie. The truth is that across the UK and Northern Ireland over 195,000 people are taking English for Speakers of other languages (ESOL) courses. Earlier this year Cameron's government announced huge cuts to funding these courses. Initial findings of an Association of Colleges survey suggests that over 100,000 of these students will now lose their funding and be forced to abandon their courses”.
Brian has urged areas like South Belfast to “ensure that immigrants are made feel part of the community. Their treatment should reflect the huge contribution, economically, socially and culturally that they bring to us”
Brian has a long history of opposing racism. He was one of the founders of Love Music Hate Racism in Northern Ireland, a group set up to promote anti-racism and multi-culturalism through the Northern Ireland Music scene.
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