article_snippet: The admission was one of a series of revelations about how the last Government chronically mishandled Eastern European immigration.
article_snippet: In advance of Poland and seven other Eastern Bloc nations joining EU in 2004, ministers relied upon advice suggesting only 13,000 would settle each year.
article_snippet: this was the right thing to do, we attached a lot of importance to a lot of importance as democratic countries and keeping we position as the number one friend of eastern and central Europeans.
article_snippet: I’m confident that it was the right decision, even though very few people now will stand up for it was the right decision.