Immigration and the general election: Did the dog bark, or didn’t it?

Source : Migrants’ Rights Network

By Don Flynn

Don Flynn argues that mainstream politicians went into this election with significant constraints on their scope to argue for restrictive immigration policies. As the general election results show, voters are prepared to punish politicians who ignore the dimension of social justice when it comes to this issue.

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