British Asians go to the polls for general election

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SHOTLIST Southall, London, United Kingdom May 5, 2005 1. Various street scenes in Southall 2. Various of sari shop 3. Wide of general store 4. Wide of polling station 5. Labour party activist standing beside polling station sign 6. Wide of two men leaving polling station 7. SOUNDBITE: (Punjabi) Prem S. Johal, Local Resident ++ NOT EXACT TRANSLATION +++ "I mean to say whatever they are doing for us Punjabis is right." 8. Wide of woman leaving polling station 9. SOUNDBITE: (English) Nealam Kainch, Local Resident "They need to put a cap on immigration. There's too many illegal immigrants in this country and this country is sinking and there's not enough jobs" 10. Wide of family entering polling station 11. Various of Labour party activist seated holidng election leaflet 12. Wide of woman leaving polling station 13. SOUNDBITE: (English) Veda White, Local Resident "One should always come to vote, you don't lose your citizenship, your right, one must come to vote. Wait for the future, good future for the country, from my point of view, the country is taking us very good, very what we are doing at the moment is good. We don't need to change it, that's my point of view and my decision. Hope the country follows for the best. Thank you" 14. Wide of couple leaving polling station 15. SOUNDBITE: (English) (two people in the camera frame speaking together -shot) Stanley and Rose Chan, local residents "The main thing is about law and order and national health (health service) and that's most important and racial harmony between all communities. Otherwise it's a beautiful country to live in, we have been here forty years, and we enjoy every minute of it, ("We are quite happy" - Rose Chan), you know, we have got no problem at all." 16. Wide of Labour activists standing outside polling station 17. Wide of another polling station 18. Wide of polling station beside Indian temple, doubledecker bus drives past STORYLINE : Asian residents of the London suburb of Southall went to the polls in the British general election on Thursday. The main issues in the minds of many voters in this district are immigration, the economy, health and education. Polls say Britain's opposition Conservative party looks set for defeat, as the country prepares to vote in national elections Thursday. The Conservatives have campaigned strongly on immigration, arguing that Tony Blair's ruling Labour party was too soft on migrants and asylum seekers. Conservative leader Michael Howard insisted it wasn't racist to talk about the subject - and commissioned a nationwide billboard advertising campaign based on the slogan "It's time to put a limit to immigration". For his part, Blair pledged to to control asylum numbers, but insisted Britain would continue to grant asylum to genuine refugees. This is an issue that has sharply divided Britain, putting ethnic minority groups on a collision course with far-right parties such as the BNP. Labour plans tighter immigration controls so that only English-speaking skilled workers would be allowed to settle permanently. It promises to speed up deportation of failed asylum seekers. The Conservatives propose an annual quota for immigrants and want to withdraw from the 1951 U.N. Refugee Convention, which obliges countries to take in asylum seekers based on need, regardless of numbers. The Liberal Democrats say asylum seekers should be allowed to work, so that they don't rely on state benefits while their claims are processed. You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/315a6253f32dcacf012b2a0aa2a830a0 Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork