26/05/2016 BBC News at Ten

Tonight at Ten - net migration to the UK rises

to the second-highest level on record.

The difference between those coming to live here and those leaving

reached more than 330,000 last year roughly half of them

With four weeks to referendum day the Leave supporters say the focus

of the campiagn has now shifted to immigration.

The situation is completely out of control, the only way to sort it

out is to vote leave on June 23rd and take back control.

I'm not going to pretend these figures aren't disappointing,

they show the challenges we continue to face, but we remain

committed to reduce net migration to the long-term sustainable levels.

We'll be looking at the latest immigration figures

and what they could mean for the referendum campaign.

After yesterday's dramatic rescue of hundreds of migrants dozens

have died in another Mediterranean tragedy.

In France, police have clashed with protestors in several cities

in the latest demonstrations against new employment laws.

And Donald Trump now has all the delegates he needs

to become the Republican presidential candidate.

I've spent less, I beat them by a lot, isn't that what you want

from your President for at least a little while?

Coming up in sports day on BBC News, Jose Mourinho returns home, after

agreeing to be the new Manchester United manager. All that awaits now

is the official announcement. Net migration to the UK has risen

to the second-highest level on record, according

to the latest official figures. The news was seized on by those

campaigning for Britain to leave the EU who

insisted that immigration was out of control and

would never be tackled while Britain remained

in the European Union. The referendum on the UK's

future in the EU takes Today's figures show

that the difference between the number

of people moving here and those leaving

was 333,000 last year. Within that figure the number

coming from other EU The Government acknowledged

the figure was too high but insisted that leaving the EU

was not ther answer. but insisted that leaving

the EU was not the answer. Our Political Editor

Laura Kuenssberg reports. I am originally from Latvia,

I came to the UK in 2012. My name is Victoria,

I'm from Latvia, from Riga. I was born in Lithuania and in 2004,

I stay here permanently. The names and the nations,

not just the numbers, waves of workers and families

who have come to the UK, perfectly legally

from around Europe. I think you need to control

the level of immigration. I think the UK should stay

in the EU. But EU immigration, again at record

levels today with a big increase from Bulgaria and Romania,

it is central to the decision over That's because EU citizens can

freely come and live here with no numerical limit, just

as Brits can go elsewhere. Leaving's chief cheerleader says

that the numbers the numbers aren't Leaving's chief cheerleader says

that the numbers aren't just too high but trashed hits

own party's promise. London is thriving with immigration

but what you need is You need to be able to say to people

from Australia, "Yes, Or to India, "Yes, we want your

fantastic engineers." But it is crazy when we are pushing

those people away and have absolutely no control over huge

numbers of people coming Would you have any limits

on numbers coming in? I think that the pledge

that was made at the election was actually quite reasonable,

to bring it down to the tens What was not reasonable

to say you could do it within the EU system,

and you can't. The EU basically treats Britain

as though it were part of one You said it was cynical to make that

promise and stay in the EU, now that's a different thing,

you are suggesting it And he'll use that to

try to get you on side. The campaign has been politically

ugly in Westminster for weeks. It got a bit testy

on the stump today. Believe it or not, this gorilla

complained to the police One man ended up on the

ground in the frenzy. The trouble for the Government's

seide is that they are miles off The trouble for the Government's

side is that they are miles off In 2010, they promised to get

immigration under 100,000 - right now it is more

than three times that. But roughly half is

from outside of the EU. Reducing the net migration

to the sustainable levels that existed before Labour lost

control in the late 1990s, remains absolutely the right focus

because of the pressure on public services and the speed

of rate to change. That remains the intent

of this Government. But the man who was Home Secretary,

when Eastern European countries joined, says leaving

would be no solution. The Leave campaign, by talking

in theory but not demonstrating in practice what they would do

on something as crucial as immigration, I think

they are misleading people. Did you imagine anything

like the numbers of people coming from other European countries

to this country when you There is no question in my mind

that we did not anticipate back A clear conclusion with the benefit

of looking back. Deep feelings, strong

arguments over immigration, Our Home Editor Mark

Easton is here. So, four weeks to polling day.

We we have the set of figures is it your sense that the terms of the

debate are changing? I think that the EU referendum encouraged a sew

fisticated debate about immigration. Not least as the Government's

pressing case to remain has to defend free movement of workers. So

instead of fixating on big numbers, the discussion has to some extent

been about the trade-offs, the advantages as well as the

disadvantages of the staying in. So the Leave campaign focuses on the

traditions of our way of life, how the effects make us feel uneasy. The

Remain, focuses on the I immediacy in turn. And then the pressure on

the public resources and the Leave campaigners talk about pressure on

migrants in schools, hospitals, housing. And Supporters of Remain

say that is about poor planning. To anticipate population growth.

Migrants create economic growth and they keep our health service

running. So #w457d during the course of the referendum debate is that the

discussion has shifted from immigration as a big threatening

thing to a series of discussions. Divert, good or bad. Migrant

workers, what is the impact to be? Refugees, international students,

what do we think about them? And yes, also about the numbers but is

it about managing immigration, managing population change, or is it

about saying whatever the trade-offs, enough is enough? Mark,

And the BBC's reality check team has been looking at the migration

figures and the arguments behind them plenty more

It's feared that dozens more migrants have drowned today

after their boat sank off the coast of Libya.

The news came through as survivors of another sinking were being

Their vessel capsized yesterday, more than 550 were rescued

but there are reports that around 100 people could be missing.

The boat went down off the north coast of Libya

on a route favoured by migrants trying to reach Italy.

From Sicily our correspondent James Reynolds reports.

Italy's Navy approaches the migrants' overcrowded boat.

On deck, the migrants are desperate to see their rescuers.

They crowd forwards, causing the boat to tilt.

A handful find refuge on the overturned hull.

They try to reach the rescue boats in front of them.

The Navy has just minutes to save hundreds from drowning.

The captain of the rescue ship orders his sailors to throw life

The Navy dispatches a small rescue boat.

He is too exhausted to show any relief.

More make it onto the overturned hull.

In the end, the Navy rescues almost everyone it finds.

This afternoon, the rescue ship arrived here in Sicily.

The survivors of the shipwreck are lucky to be alive.

They will believe they owe their lives to the Italian rescuers

who picked them from the sea and who have now brought

I asked him to describe what happened.

We needed to throw into the water as much as we could,

what ever was able to float, we sent into the water,

so that people were able to catch it and grab it and stay alive.

Italy will question the survivors further.

Who, if anyone was steering the migrant boat?

The country's Navy is still at work in the Mediterranean.

These pictures, shot earlier today, show migrants waving their lives

James Reynolds, BBC News, Sicily.

In France, the protests against proposed new employment laws

have intensified with police firing tear gas

at demonstrators in Paris and there were further clashes

Oil depots, motorways and bridges were barricaded in some areas.

There are seven trades unions leading the protests

they say they're against relaxing employment laws and making them more

Our Paris correspondent Lucy Williamson reports.

They fought for many things in Paris.

Today it was not liberty or equality, but the 35-hour week.

The strikes and closures of the past few days,

shifting to violence in the tree-lined streets.

Others brought eggs, missiles, paint.

On the edge of this wide boulevard, marchers watch as a small

group of anarchists kick a showroom window in.

The government's gamble is that as well as protest,

France's employers, it says, need more freedom to negotiate

overtime, maternity leave, bonuses and to fire

staff, if their companies are running into debt.

But the country's next generation of workers say they want the same

Like our future generation, our generation, the former

generation have today, we all need these rights to live.

Many in France accept the need for a more flexible

economy but among the unions there's a sense of anger

and betrayal, that a socialist government could be the one

Just hours after the government said it would consider modifications

to its labour reforms, this is the response of the unions:

more demonstrations, more strikes, more disruption.

With petrol stations running out of fuel, oil tankers wait

outside French ports, sitting out the strikes.

The protesters may be a minority but they drive France's trains,

work its nuclear plants and process its oil.

And with strikes beginning to bite, the Prime Minister has

hinted that there might be room for compromise.

TRANSLATION: It's out of the question to change

the framework of Labour reform, but there can always be some

But union leaders say that unless the law is scrapped,

the protests will continue, because this dispute over pay,

working hours and the role of the unions is also a battle

between two competing kinds of power in France.

Lucy Williamson, BBC News, northern France.

Donald Trump has now secured enough support to win

the Republican Party's nomination for the US presidential election.

The latest figures indicate that Mr Trump has the backing of 1,238

delegates to the Republican convention in July,

where the party's nomination will be formally approved.

But some of the party's leading figures are still unwilling

to declare their support, and President Obama has warned that

world leaders are rattled by Mr Trump's policies.

Our North America editor, Jon Sopel, reports.

Another rally another town. The difference today is that Donald

Trump has crossed the finish line and has the 50% plus one of delegate

votes needed to guarantee the Republican nomination You brought us

over the lines, folks, I will always remember that. This is Bismarck,

north Dakota. There's been more than a touch of the Russian general in

the same name by Donald Trump to demolish his opponents. The ripples

from the Republican race are fanning out across the world. Most notably

at the G 7 meeting in Japan, where President Barack Obama spoke of the

concerns being raised with him. It's fair to say that they are surprised

by the Republican nominee. They are not sure how seriously to take some

of his pronouncements, but they're rattled by him and for good reason,

because a lot of the proposals that he's made display either ignorance

of world affairs or a cavalier attitude. But at his news

conference, Donald Trump was keen to fire back. Forget being on the

defensive, he was delighted by the discomfort that he was causing. When

you rattle someone, that's good, because many of the world, as you

know, many of the countries in our world, our beautiful world, this is

absolutely abusing us and taking advantage of us. So if they're

rattled, in a friendly way, we're going to have great relationships

with these countries, but if they're rattled in a friendly way, that's a

good thing, not a bad thick. -- thing. Donald Trump has so far seen

off his 16 Republican rivals, many of them with decades of political

experience at the highest level. And the only person standing between him

and the White House is whoever emerges as the Democratic nominee,

presumably Hillary Clinton. And that is a fight he's going to relish.

A brief look at some of the day's other news stories.

MPs are calling for greater transparency over the role

It follows press reports that they've been helping local militias

The Ministry of Defence says it doesn't comment

A British woman has died, after a speedboat

capsized in Thailand, the Foreign Office has confirmed.

A British man is also believed to be missing.

The boat - carrying 32 passengers and four crew - was apparently

overturned by large waves say local police.

Jose Mourinho is to become Manchester United's

He's yet to sign his contract, but a formal announcement

Ministers are considering plans to cut the pension benefits given

to steelworkers to make it a more attractive business

Tata Steel is currently considering several bids

for its UK business, and the Business Secretary,

Sajid Javid, says he wants to remove potential barriers to a sale.

But the plans are controversial, with one former pensions minister

warning that it would be a very dangerous path to take.

Our business editor, Simon Jack, has more details.

The promise of a future for thousands of UK steel workers may

see promises broken to tens of thousands from the past.

The old British steel pension scheme is one of the UK's biggest.

Now run by Tata, there are 130,000 members

who collectively have been promised a total

of ?15 million and it is currently ?700 million in deficit.

That is a burden which could prove too much

So the Government has a plan to lighten the load.

What we can do is listen to Tata, listen to the bidders and work with

everyone involved to remove potential barriers to sell.

For example, we are today launching a consultation on options to deliver

clarity and security for British Steel pension scheme members.

What does this plan to provide pension security involve?

It means cutting the amount pension increase every

year by roughly 1% by using the consumer price

measure of inflation, rather than the generally higher

That doesn't sound like much, but it adds up over time.

For example, if you were due a pension of over ?100 a week now, in

Under the new deal, you would get just ?149.

That is a discount of 18% in your income.

Pensions earned before 1997 get no increase at all.

If you add up all those cuts over the decades,

it saves ?2 billion, hey presto, deficit gone.

So, what do workers past and present make of it?

We've paid in, we have got our pension but we need to be

protecting the people who are still there,

At the end of the day, we were them 25 years ago and we know

what it is like to struggle and we need to have some sympathy

Even if it is worth it, does a supposedly one-off special deal set

The bulk of potential pension schemes have a hole in them.

There will be people who want to look at this

with their lawyers to see if they can benefit as well.

Pension trustees and some unions played is better than an alternative

rescue fund which would see some pensions cut by 10%.

Will it tempt a buyer or perhaps persuade Tata to stay?

This shows the government is feeling the heat from this

So with four weeks to EU referendum day, hundreds of young voters have

been taking part in a special BBC debate in Glasgow,

and among the issues raised were education,

Our Scotland editor, Sarah Smith, is in Glasgow

They're deriging here after what was a feisty debate. The audience were

arguing passionately with each other, as well as giving the

politicians a hard time. They told them that the campaign so far had

been too negative, that it wasn't informative enough.

Good evening, welcome to How Should I Vote: The EU debate. With four

weeks to go to the referendum, younger voters from across the UK,

many of them undecided, put their questions to leading campaigners for

and against the UK leaving the European Union. Will I have a job if

we leave the EU? Will the economy be strong enough? The Leave side said

economic migration to the UK from other EU countries was making it

harder to find work here. I think you stand a far better chance of a

good job, a job that you're not competing with potentially thousands

of other Europeans, if we actually leave the European Union. We've got

2. 2 million EU workers here already. They've taken effectively

UK jobs. The Remain side stressed the opportunities - free movement

across the EU offers people from this country. You've got the whole

of that European Community at your disposal. A qualified person in

particular has got an excellent chance of employment. The straight

answer to your question, it wouldn't be an economic Apocalypse if we left

the European Union, but there are more jobs and more chances if we

stay in. The exchanges between audience members were even sharper.

We have a housing shortage now. But the more we let in, the less houses

we're going to have to house them. So how do you work that out? It's

funny that you've got a selective memory. Remember how many immigrants

like my family, like a lot of the people in this audience's family

built this nation. When an audience member claims the UK contributes

?350 million a week to the EU, the Remain side said the figure was half

that and worth it. What we get back according to all the analysis is

between three and ten times that value, because of our opportunity.

Tonight's debate helped some in the audience make Thirimanne minds. Both

sides will be hoping to have persuaded undecided voters in the

country too. The Leave side went on to argue that

the money saved from not paying contributions in the European Union

could be spent on public services here. They were arguing about issues

that matter across the UK. If you look at opinion polls here in

Scotland, it's very interesting, consistently about two thirds of

voters say they would like to remain in the EU. I've been round the

country asking voters what issues matter most to them. I started off

in the Hebrides. Navigating through the swell

of arguments in the EU debate looks a little different in Scotland's

more remote communities. On the Isle of Islay,

the ferry docks at a harbour entirely rebuilt with millions

of pounds of European funding. Europe consumes about

half of the island's A recent surge in sales has seen

the Bruichladdich Distillery It's now producing ten

million bottles a year, They're convinced leaving

the EU could have dire consequences for an industry

the island relies on. It has really lifted the local

economy in a very dramatic way. And the thought that it might

actually be threatened in some way is really quite scary,

and the idea that we may return to those dark ages, which many,

many, many people on this island will remember, doesn't

bear thinking about. Whisky is one of Scotland's biggest

exports. Bruichladdich admit they don't

know what would happen to sales if we leave the EU,

but say even that uncertainty could Of course, people won't choose how

to vote based purely on whether or not they think EU

membership is good for business. Less than two years

after the independence referendum here in Scotland,

voters know this is a decision The EU referendum also raises

questions of identity Voters must look into their hearts

as well as their heads. In Edinburgh, people

who are campaigning on each side to leave and to remain,

think perceptions of national identity may help explain

how Scots will vote. We're used to having

a split identity. We would identify ourselves

as being both Scottish and also British, which are two quite

separate identities. Perhaps we're more accepting of

having this third European identity. Whilst those who want to leave feel

they have lost control of the decisions that

govern their lives. There's a lot of things

that we don't get our say in because of the EU

having their own rules. We've got tons of things that we

would like to control over here. They take them over

to the European Union and they're like, no,

you can't have that. There are plenty of

sceptics in Scotland. In what remains of the country's

industrial belt near Glasgow, workers worry about immigration

and its impact on jobs. In a factory full of hydraulic

pumps, many destined for Europe, worries about the economic impact

of leaving the EU are dismissed. Trade will continue,

they're certain. Think we're to get out of this

perception if we leave the EU, we're pulling up a drawbridge

at Calais and right, Pragmatically, realistically,

that is not going to happen. Intriguingly, the parts of Scotland

most eager to leave the UK and become independent are also

the parts most likely to vote If they do so in large enough

numbers, it could be Scottish votes If that does happen, if there's a

tight vote, and it is seen to be a majority of Scots who voted to stay

in the EU that keeps the whole of the UK inside, that could cause

repercussions throughout the UK. There could be resentment about

that. If it goes the other way, if there's a vote to leave, but a

majority of Scots voted to remain, Alex Salmond said at this debate

here tonight, he thinks that would trigger a second referendum on

Scottish independence, that within the two years in which Britain was

negotiating to leave the EU, there would be another vote here in

Scotland as to whether or not Scotland should leave the UK. The

repercussions of this may be felt for quite some time to come.

Thanks very much. Sarah Smith our Scotland editor in Glasgow.

This weekend in Venice, a team of young British architects

will showcase some new ideas about how to design and build

comfortable homes at a time of severe housing shortages.

The Architecture Biennale provides an opportunity for architects

and designers to share new projects, arranged in different pavilions,

and the British one will focus on the housing theme.

Our arts editor, Will Gompertz, reports.

The man-made masterpiece that is Venice.

Not somewhere you might think of as a place to try to solve

But these three young curators think it is.

Their show in the British Pavilion argues our attitude

It shouldn't be how big it is, but how long you need it for,

Who needs a house just for a few days?

And in what way do these fulfil that function?

Well, why don't we jump in, I'll tell you.

Well, I can see it might work to amuse the kids,

but I can't quite see how it works as a home.

These are almost representative of the sorts of virtual

When you're somewhere for a couple of days,

the first thing you might want to do is connect to the virtual networks

that make us feel that we're connected to friends and families.

It's an interesting point, but I'm not so sure about the Zorbs.

Wouldn't a good, old-fashioned tent do the same job better?

I can't say what's the big idea, because it's a tiny space.

Homeownership's increasingly out of reach for our generation.

A lot of us are living month to month, paying rent.

The idea here is how can you redesign rent?

You have everything you need, a bed upstairs, a bathroom here

You can survive quite happily within this small core.

Beyond that, you have a space, if you imagine a series of other

blue totems in the distance that you can share with your

I think you're onto something here, a contemporary take on the boarding

house, affordable city living for the i-generation.

Who might aspire to this home for years?

I've got to say, it's kind of sparse.

One of the biggest problems in UK housing today is speculation.

Of course, fittings and furnishings have become engines

What we tried to do here is to create the minimum house,

by pulling out all the interior and stripping it back

to what we call the naked house, or a shell, to give

Their most radical proposition is the notion of individuals pooling

resources for a better quality of life.

Domestic appliances, clothes and even shoes could be shared.

An idea that might seem a little far fetched to some, but for these

millennials, who have grown up in an age of student debt

and rocketing house prices, it could just be a practical

Tonight, is a big energy problem about to hit? We reveal doubts that

the French deal with EDF to build a nuclear plant at Hinckley Point will

ever deliver. Join me now on BBC Two, 11pm in Scotland.