Local Conservative MP and Shadow Immigration Minister Matt Vickers has urged local Labour MPs to back the Conservatives’ no-nonsense border plan to fix Britain’s broken immigration system.
Local MP and Shadow Immigration Minister Matt Vickers has announced the Conservatives’ serious, detailed and uncompromising alternative to Labour’s weak Borders Bill.
The Bill aims to get a grip on migration once and for all and include automatic deportation for anybody who arrives in the country illegally, powers to deport all foreign criminals, and would disapply the Human Rights Act from all immigration-related matters.
The landmark Bill sets out a clear vision for border control under the Conservatives, with tough, practical measures designed to end abuse, enforce the law, and put British interests first.
Stockton West MP and Shadow Immigration Minister Matt Vickers, said:
“Labour’s weak Borders Bill won’t do anything to prevent the flood of illegal migrants who have come to Britain since last summer.
“Since Labour won the General Election, small boat crossings are up by 40% - hitting 10,000 this year alone.
“Our new Conservative plan will give powers to deport all foreign offenders, introduce a cap on migration, disapply the Human Rights Act from immigration cases and introduce mandatory age testing for asylum seekers.
“This Bill will put an end to Labour’s chaos and secure our borders through a bold, pragmatic and deliverable plan.
“Local Labour MPs across Teesside must now make their choice – back our plans for stronger borders, or continue with a failed plan which means open borders”
The Bill would mean deportation for all foreign offenders, because British citizenship is a privilege and not a right. The Labour Party has opposed these plans previously, with one Labour Minister claiming it would not be ‘proportionate’ to deport a criminal for an offence that carries a sentence of under 12 months in prison – despite covering a wide range of offences, including theft, assault, and criminal damage.
A key element of the Bill includes disapplying the Human Rights Act from immigration-related matters. The Human Rights Act has provided a first line of defence for several spurious immigration cases in recent months – including the Albanian criminal who claimed he could not be deported as his son would be unable to eat foreign chicken nuggets.
The Bill also introduces mandatory scientific age testing for asylum seekers. In recent years there has been a surge of asylum seekers falsely claiming to be children. In the second quarter of last year alone, there were 2,088 claims made by asylum seekers that they were a child. After verification, 757 were unmasked as adults - some aged at least 30 years old.
The Conservatives’ Deportation Bill spells out exactly what a serious, credible immigration policy looks like—and proves the Conservative Party, under new leadership, is ready to govern with strength and principle.
