Yesterday, the news was so relentlessly awful for the government. By half way through the day when the free school meals stuff really picked up I said the words out loud: look out for a tough-on-immigration headline tomorrow. #r4today... right on cue 😑
So what's this "new tough policy announcement"? #r4today is reporting that EU citizens with past prison sentences of one year or more will be "turned away" post-Brexit.
This makes no sense - we have established there will be visa-free travel with the EU, so how would they check?
This makes no sense - we have established there will be visa-free travel with the EU, so how would they check?
Seems more likely EU citizens will be brought in line with existing rules for non-EU migrants on criminality, i.e. they'll face automatic deportation if they serve a prison sentence of over 12 months here in the UK.
If so, I cannot stress this enough, this is NOT NEWS. #r4today
If so, I cannot stress this enough, this is NOT NEWS. #r4today
If I'm right - & I dont see how I could be far wrong, but do correct me if so! - this is EXACTLY what I said it would be: An old policy re-announced to grab some headlines that the government feels comfortable with in a week where they've so far taken a battering. #r4today
Automatic deportation requirements for offenders are racist and wrong, but they are not news.
No-deal Brexit probably will make it difficult to cooperate & share information on international organised crime, but that's not an immigration issue. It's another govt failure. #r4today
No-deal Brexit probably will make it difficult to cooperate & share information on international organised crime, but that's not an immigration issue. It's another govt failure. #r4today
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