Before we decide how many points would-be immigrants need to come to Britain, we'll be looking at independent evidence from the Migration Impacts Forum on these wider impacts.

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The LGA concerns come in the wake of a report by the Home Office's Migration Impacts Forum, which said nearly every region in the UK had difficulties in housing, health, education and crime - due to increased migration.

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On 7 December 2009, Mrs Bokova opened the Permanent Forum of Arab-African Dialogue in Cairo, on the theme of Arab-African Migration.

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