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Border Security & Asylum Minister Anna Turley says that the government's priority is the have an immigration system that works for the country, both in terms of our opportunities and our needs, but also that is fair for the British taxpayer. She adds that settlement is a 'privilege, not a right'. Report by Aslams. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn

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00:00Our priority is to make sure we have an immigration system that works for the
00:03country both in terms of opportunities and our needs but also that it's fair
00:07for the British taxpayer and I think that balance has been out of kilter over
00:11the last decade and so it's about making sure that people who come here
00:15contribute pay their way and if we've asked them to come on a visa say for the
00:18care sector but they fulfilled the obligations of that visa so they've
00:21earned their £25,000 they've been in employment they've paid their taxes
00:25they've contributed and that's about recognition of contribution to the
00:28country that then means people earn the privilege of settlement which should be
00:33a privilege not a right

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