Confusion over Ukip ’ s immigration policy grew yesterday after Nigel Farage called for the number of arrivals into Britain to be limited at 50,000 a year . But at the same time he claimed that overall caps on net migration – as pledged by the Tories – would be ‘ ludicrous ’ because it was impossible to stop people leaving the country . Ukip ’ s manifesto chief later added to the confusion by saying the 50,000 limit ‘ might change every year ’ . Confusion over Ukip ’ s immigration policy grew yesterday after Nigel Farage called for the number of arrivals into Britain to be limited at 50,000 a year . The Conservatives accused Mr Farage of ‘ making up his policies as he goes along ’ – but Mr Farage has denied his party has made any U-turns on immigration . Ukip first unveiled an immigration cap in February , with spokesman Stephen Woolfe saying the numbers being granted visas limited at 50,000 . But at the start of March , Mr Farage overturned this by saying he would not set ‘ arbitrary targets ’ . At the end of the month , the Ukip leader spoke of a net migration limit of ‘ about 30,000 people a year ’ . Charlie Elphicke , the Tory candidate in Dover , said : ‘ Ukip ’ s immigration policy doesn ’ t just change by the day , it changes by the minute in the space of one interview . It ’ s complete chaos . ‘ The truth is with Nigel Farage , you just don ’ t know what you ’ re going to get . The only certainty is that a vote for Ukip lets Ed Miliband limp into Downing Street via the backdoor - and then there will be no action on immigration. ’ Interviewed on BBC Radio 4 ’ s Today programme yesterday , Mr Farage said about his party ’ s cap : ‘ It ’ s below 50,000 a year , all right ? It ’ s below 50,000 a year . Simple as that . The Conservatives accused Mr Farage of ‘ making up his policies as he goes along ’ – but Mr Farage has denied his party has made any U-turns on immigration . ‘ But this whole debate we ’ ve been tied up with caps for five years . It ’ s devalued the debate . What we ’ re not actually addressing is the fact that 624,000 people settled in Britain last year and that we have no control over the numbers that settle this year or next year . ‘ Let ’ s be honest , we can not have any debate about immigration about numbers while we ’ re members of the European Union. ’ Later in the day , Suzanne Evans , Ukip ’ s manifesto chief , said the level of the cap might change . She told the BBC News channel : ‘ If we say , we have 21,000 highly skilled people coming from outside of the EU , where there is already a points based system , then we will talk to the businesses , that ’ s where we get our 50,000 limit from , but that might change every year . ’
In February , UK unveiled 50,000 cap on those being given visas for Ukip . Farage then refused to have ‘ arbitrary targets ’ , before moving it to 30,000 . Tories accused Mr Farage of ‘ making up his policies as he goes along ’ Mr Farage has denied his party has made any U-turns on immigration .