Rejected petition End Immigration Concession

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In their 1979 election manifesto the Conservatives promised to end the concession whereby foreign men can live in the UK through marriage.
The official figure was about 10,000 men a year using this method.
But Mrs. Thatcher's Government did not keep its promise.
As a result, at least 300,000 men are living in these islands.
England is overcrowded, and the UK has more young men than young women.
This petition requests the Government to end this concession, since there is nothing to prevent such couples from living in the husband's country and it is for the common good.

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Date submitted 9 January 2015
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