Tony Blair Quotes About Immigration

Quotes about: Immigration

• A simple way to take measure of a country is to look at how many want in.. And how many want out.

  Tony Blair

  Country, Simple, Immigration

• If you've got communities that feel they've been left behind, if you've got - as you do in Britain at the moment, you have communities that believe they're being changed by immigration, that they don't have job opportunities, and that they're disregarded and that they don't - they've got no stake in a future which embraces globalization, you've got to address that issue.

  Tony Blair

  Jobs, Believe, Opportunity

  Interview with Glenn Thrush, www.politico.com. August 24, 2016.

• Immigration was probably the driving thing behind Brexit.

  Tony Blair

  Immigration, Driving, Behinds

  Interview with Glenn Thrush, www.politico.com. August 24, 2016.

• There are people who are anxious about immigration for reasons that are perfectly sensible. They think it's uncontrolled. They think it's, therefore, arbitrary in its consequences, and there are some communities affected much more deeply than others.

  Tony Blair

  Thinking, People, Community

  Interview with Glenn Thrush, www.politico.com. August 24, 2016.

• Immigration is good for a country. It brings fresh energy.

  Tony Blair

  Country, Energy, Immigration

  Interview with Glenn Thrush, www.politico.com. August 24, 2016.

• As the world transforms, moves closer together, jobs are displaced, and the world of work completely changes the way we live, the way we think. As that revolution goes on around us, it is going to pose political challenges of which immigration is one very obvious one, which are going to be extremely difficult to deal with. But it's like free trade. You know, in the end, if we go protectionist, we'll make a mistake.

  Tony Blair

  Jobs, Mistake, Moving

  Interview with Glenn Thrush, www.politico.com. August 24, 2016.

• We have taken a situation in the U.K. because of concerns, for example, over immigration and other things, so Britain now is on a path out of Europe.

  Tony Blair

  Taken, Europe, Immigration

  Source: www.pbs.org

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