article_snippet: This support for stricter border controls was shared by people from all ethnic groups, according to analysis by campaign group Migration Watch.
article_snippet: Migration Watch said that while tighter immigration controls do not deter voters from an ethnic minority background, the tone of the debate must be ‘right’.
article_snippet: Migration Watch said black and ethnic minority voters are more likely to see previous waves of immigration as positive for the UK but are clearly concerned about current levels.
article_snippet: Vice-chairman Alp Mehmet said: ‘The report confirms that the concerns of ethnic minority voters are very similar to everyone else and why wouldn’t the concerns of ethnic minority voters be?
article_snippet: The way to appeal to ethnic minority communities is to propose reasonable policies and reducing net migration to the level last seen in the early 1990s is entirely reasonable.
article_snippet: Kiran Bali, a member of Migration Watch who has founded a series of inter-faith groups, said: ‘The majority of people share similar concerns.
article_snippet: ‘Kiran Bali, a member of Migration Watch who has founded a series of inter-faith groups are worried about schools, hospitals, jobs and overcrowding.
article_snippet: Reasonable levels are the only way to achieve strengthened community relations.