Centre for Migration Control research director Robert Bates says Labour's migrant plan is a "wishy-washy" open borders policy.
"It's smoke and mirrors in the hope they can stagger into No.10 by default, they'll get the mandate and let it rip. It's terrifying!"
Labour’s manifesto promises to scrap the multimillion-pound stalled plan to send migrants to Rwanda and use the money to pay for a new security border command.
Third on the party’s list of “first steps for change” if elected is to launch the unit with “hundreds of new specialist investigators”, vowing to “use counter-terror powers to smash criminal boat gangs” in a bid to curb Channel crossings.
The party has also reiterated its commitment to international legal conventions, with its manifesto saying: “Britain will unequivocally remain a member of the European Convention on Human Rights.”
Launching the manifesto in Manchester on Thursday, Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer claimed the Conservative Government had “lost control” of immigration and he described the asylum backlog as a “hopeless” situation because claims are not being processed.
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13 июн 2024
