I don't think Woolas has approached the issue in the right way, but I would ask the question why were hundreds of thousands of young NEET's s left to fester while the CBI encouraged mass migration to provide the cheap labour neccessary to fuel the Brown boom. The left, liberal progressives, all its permutations must answer the question of why it didn't not raise the issue of the hundreds of thousands of young people to fester without jobs, training, etc during a 'employment boom'
One could surmise the Left remained largely silent on this as it would jar with their ideology and core beliefs on internationalism. Ii is also a fact that this 'global labour pool' has driven down wages and made insecure work even more so. Strange that in the 60's and early 70's the left challenged the 'lump' system in the construction sites which also ultimately aimed to reduce pay and conditions
Imo, much of the far left, activists, etc, seem to see many things in purely abstract terms , rather than looking at the impact on the ground, particuarly long term. The 'No Borders' slogan and campaign would be an example of that, little support in the country and even less chance of being implemented in the near future, however desirable (yes one day it is inevitable) it may be as a very very long term goal.
However, in terms of genuine internationalism, if we are to resrtict immigration from the developing world, etc, we must have a much stronger level of global justice with fair trade tariffs, technology transfer, etc.
Finally, the old tired insinuations of racism appear instead of answering substantive questions