BREAKING: Home Secretary says she has asked France once again to allow joint patrols on French beaches to do “absolutely whatever is necessary to secure the area”.
Yesterday’s deaths were a “shock, but not a surprise” she says.
Effort must be focused on “smashing” traffickers.
Yesterday’s deaths were a “shock, but not a surprise” she says.
Effort must be focused on “smashing” traffickers.
Priti Patel insists she is not heartless.
“We are not working to end these crossings because we don’t care or are heartless. The UK has a clear and a generous and a humane approach” she insists. But people “must come here legally”.
“We are not working to end these crossings because we don’t care or are heartless. The UK has a clear and a generous and a humane approach” she insists. But people “must come here legally”.
Home Secretary is essentially making three arguments here:
1. The first problem is smugglers
2. The second problem is France
3. The solution is international cooperation and the government’s tougher measures contained in the Nationality and Borders Bill.
1. The first problem is smugglers
2. The second problem is France
3. The solution is international cooperation and the government’s tougher measures contained in the Nationality and Borders Bill.
Labour’s Shadow Home Secretary @NickTorfaen calls once again for the reinstatement of the Dubs scheme to help the resettlement of children. Just 480 out of a possible 3000 minors were settled here before the scheme was closed.
Labour reiterates that it will not support the government’s Nationality and Borders Bill because they say it breaks the UN refugee convention, partly because it would allow the ‘offshoring’ of migrants ie being sent to detention centres in other countries.
Home Sec says people should seek asylum in the first country they come to. There is nothing in international law that compels them to do so. But as part of EU, the UK had the option to send people back to first European country they arrived in. That agreement ended with Brexit.
Sir Edward Leigh gives the view of many Conservative backbenchers.
Argues UK should follow Australia, that offshores migrants, and Greece, which pushes them back across the sea.
“If governments are weak, people die,” he says.
Argues UK should follow Australia, that offshores migrants, and Greece, which pushes them back across the sea.
“If governments are weak, people die,” he says.
Jeremy Corbyn says “pushing people back across the Channel is not a solution” but is “brutality”.
He asks why the government isn’t focused instead on the causes of migration - poverty, climate crisis, war.
He asks why the government isn’t focused instead on the causes of migration - poverty, climate crisis, war.
Andrew Mitchell likens people trafficking to the slave trade.
Priti Patel agrees “we are seeing a modern day slave trade”.
Priti Patel agrees “we are seeing a modern day slave trade”.
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