We need migrants ‘who can contribute to our society’ - Green peer Jenny Jones | BBC Politics Live
April 16, 2026
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9:25Now PlayingWe need migrants ‘who can contribute to our society’ - Green peer Jenny Jones | BBC Politics Live
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as posted by the channelGuests on BBC Two’s Politics Live have responded to a BBC investigation revealing that migrants are falsely claiming to be victims of domestic abuse in order to stay in the country.
Some migrants are being encouraged to fabricate domestic abuse allegations by legal advisers.
A BBC undercover reporter met an adviser called Eli Ciswaka, Ciswaka has denied being willing to make up a story that the undercover reporter had been a victim of domestic abuse.
Asked about the immigration system generally, Green Party peer Jenny Jones said: “We need immigration... This is about actually encouraging people to come in who can contribute to our society and help us – be our carers, be our doctors, be our teachers.”
Politics Live presenter Vicki Young was also joined by Labour MP Henry Tufnell and Conservative peer Mark Harper.
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