The Falmouth Packet has corrected an inaccurate report on a public debate in Falmouth this week.

They misreported broadcast comments on immigration by Labour’s general election candidate for Truro and Falmouth Charlotte MacKenzie.

The comments were made during the recording of a BBC Radio Cornwall debate which was broadcast and can be listened to again online here.

Charlotte MacKenzie said in response to a question on EU immigration that it is a two-way street and single Labour market.

The invited audience drawn from across the Truro and Falmouth constituency applauded Charlotte MacKenzie’s further comments that asylum seekers need protection.

Speaking today Charlotte MacKenzie said: “Falmouth has been a cosmopolitan seaport welcoming people from Europe and beyond for centuries. As a candidate I won’t pander to prejudice and made this clear during the BBC broadcast. I am glad that the Falmouth Packet have published this retraction.”