British Prime Minister David Cameron has made a controversial call for 'good immigration, not mass immigration', sparking a flurry of criticism and highlighting deep divisions within his cabinet.
Cameron said he wanted to reduce the number of immigrants from outside the EU to the tens of thousands annually from their current levels.
Liberal Democrat Vince Cable, Cameron's business secretary, called the remarks 'very unwise' and said the PM had 'risked inflaming extremism'.
However, Mr Cable later insisted the coalition was 'completely united' on immigration policy.
The BBC reported that Mr Cameron said if unemployed people took on jobs currently being done by migrants, Britain would attract fewer people from other parts of the European Union.
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Britain now faces the question of whether encouraging people back to work and off benefits would make noticeably impact immigration levels.
