Tony Blair Admits Mass Migration Has Placed “Strain” on Communities

Former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair has admitted that mass migration, which began to soar during his premiership, has caused “strain” on communities across the country.

During Blair’s time in office, net migration to the UK went from around 50,000 per year to 250,000 per annum.

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During an interview with the BBC, Blair claimed that his decision to open the borders, done to “rub the right’s nose in diversity,” helped the economy.

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However, Blair conceded that his policy had come at a cost.

“If I’d still been in power and I’d notice, because this is true in certain communities, there was a big influx of people, it was causing real strains in some of those communities,” he said.

“I don’t think it’s the biggest problem on immigration, but I agree it was a problem. If I’d still been in power, I would have been all over it,” Blair added.

A clip from the interview features Blair explaining how instead of reducing immigration, the Tories’ botched Brexit by swapping European migrants for even larger numbers of migrants from Asia and Africa.

“We’ve swapped out single people coming from Europe … for families from Asia and Africa. How has this helped us?” he asked.

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