'It's about throwing red meat to Tory backbenchers.' Shadow Immigration Minister SKinnock tells NickFerrariLBC government plans to stop migrant Channel crossings 'won't work' and says new laws are not needed but the immigration system needs reform.
Shadow Immigration Minister Stephen Kinnock branded the governments new migration policy as "gimmicky headline chasing" that is "about throwing red meat to Tory backbenchers rather than actually solving the problem."that we actually 'don't need more legislation to stop small boats' and consequently the government's migration policy is just a weak attempt to chase headlines and please the right-wing contingent of its party.
The Shadow Immigration Minister responded bluntly: "It won’t work, it's recycling some of the rhetoric and inflammatory language" they used last year in order to "throw red meat to tory back benchers." He suggested that they have decided to energise their tory base through the issue of immigration "rather than actually solve the problem" of small boats.
The Paris summit comes after Mr Sunak, earlier this week, outlined his plans to deter people from making illegal crossings into the UK. These plans involved a 28 day detention period followed by exportation, without the possibility of claiming asylum. Those arriving on UK beaches would either be returned to their home country, or another country such as Rwanda.
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