Shutting the stable door...

The BBC are reporting that :

"Migrant numbers 'must be reduced' - The number of migrants allowed into the UK under the points system may have to be reduced because of the economic crisis, an immigration minister says.

Phil Woolas told the Times immigration became an "extremely thorny" subject when people were losing their jobs.

"It's been too easy to get into this country in the past and it's going to get harder," he said."

A bit bloody late? Shutting the stable door after all the horses have got in...