UK PM Boris promises lower immigration if he wins poll

LONDON: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson promised lower immigration if he wins power in an election on Thursday, but said he was not hostile to allowing foreigners to work and live in Britain overall.

Britain votes on Dec. 12 in an election which will decide the fate of Brexit and the world's fifth largest economy with a stark choice between Johnson's pro-market Conservatives and the socialist-led opposition Labour Party.

"Numbers will come down because we'll be able to control the system in that way," Johnson told. "And what I don't think is right is to have an uncontrolled and unlimited approach to that."

Points-based approach to controlling immigration promised. Focus would be to cut down on unskilled migration, but scope high for skilled and other workers.