In Britain a Conservative government made a commitment in 2010 to
reduce net migration to “tens of thousands” but six years later conceded
that this reduction had not been achieved and would not be achieved until
“Theresa May waters down immigration target AGAIN as she says
her goal to cut net migration to under 100,000 is only her ʻbelief’ and will
ʻtake some time’ to achieve”, Daily Mail, 20 July 2016, http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3699359/Theresa-waters-
immigration-target-says-goal-cut-net-migration-100-000-belief-time-
achieve.html/. This was a government which was committed to Britain
remaining in the EU (which would mean that the country would have no
control over its borders and therefore could not possibly meet any
guarantee about overall numbers of incoming immigrants). ↵
