The new immigration bill UK means that anyone who enters the UK illegally and has passed through a safe country will be legally required to be removed and the Home Secretary will have the power to enforce it. They say that by ending illegal immigration as a route to asylum the bill will ensure the UK can better support people coming through fair safe and legal routes.

So, we will wait to see if this novel and robust approach reduces the imbalances between areas and social groups across The United Kingdom and ensures that the bill can withstand all legal challenges from the migrant support industry.

If  illegal immigration is controlled, we are still in trouble, the explosion in population growth is unsustainable and more and more migrants are being invited and welcomed here.

Ministers gave the green light for another five occupations to be added to the shortage list before the summer recess to fill gaps in the economy. The list includes bricklayers, roofers, carpenters, construction workers and plasterers and more are expected to be added at the end of the year. 

We need our own skilled tradesmen, and we need to start training our home-grown work force now to support our communities. It is wrong to entice other countries skilled resources to come here. How arrogant is this Government?

Foreign students are bringing in 8 times the number of dependent relatives before BREXIT on non-work non-study visas, they will be claiming benefits. Has the Government given any thought to where all these relatives are living? Are they worried about providing the necesaary classroom places, GP appointments, or hospital capacity. No, these problems are ignored!

Immigration officers and The Home Secretary must exercise discretion to ensure that they grant only the most deserving and most useful people visas. The right to a family life must be limited to spouses and children only.

New £125m funding from Government will help deliver homes for refugees who have fled conflict, the Refugee Housing Programme (RHP) will run until March 2024, and it is stated that these homes will become social or affordable housing available for Londoners  and those elsewhere on housing lists in the longer term. 

Afghan refugees have ‘indefinite leave to remain’ and Ukrainian refugees have been issued with three-year visas, but most will not be returned to Ukraine against their will, visas issued to more than 80,000 Hongkongers allows them to live, study and work in Britain for 5 years. Once that time is up British National (overseas) visa holders can apply to stay here permanently. 

Yes, we have to support our fair share of the world’s people who are fleeing conflict and persecution and seeking safety, but this housing stock is unlikely to ever be used to house those born and bred in the UK. It is a red herring; the mention of this housing being used in the long term for social housing distracts our attention.

Suella Braverman seems very happy with the newly built accommodation for illegals in Rwanda. She described the interior of the £25,000 properties as ‘beautiful’. Suggest she organises a tour of shop doorways in the UK, home to Veterans, young and old and disabled British citizens let’s see if she thinks these living conditions are beautiful. She should then adopt a novel and robust approach to addressing the national problem of the mouldy, damp, and broken houses in all parts of the UK.

 

Talk about rubbing salt into the wound! 

Patricia Mountain

UK independence Party – Immigration Spokesman