Michael Tomlinson, the British government minister responsible for illegal immigration, admits the government is failing to stop illegal aliens from crossing the English Channel in small boats. He claims the issue, which has badly damaged the Conservative (Tory) Party’s standing on immigration, will finally be resolved if they are reelected on July 4.
“If we vote for the Conservative Party, the planes are booked, the airstrip is ready, and the full deterrent effect will kick in,” Tomlinson claims, referring to the Rwanda policy, which would see boat migrants transported to asylum accommodation in the East African country.
However, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has allowed leftist judges to repeatedly block migrant flights to Rwanda, often citing European law the Conservatives have not repealed despite Brexit. Sunak has also suspended the implementation of the policy until after the July 4 snap election, which has led many to suspect he believes judges are poised to block it yet again.
‘HOW MUCH WORSE COULD IT BE?’
On Tuesday, Reform Party leader Nigel Farage watched a boatload of migrants that will take the number of Channel crossings since Sunak became Prime Minister to over 50,000 being escorted into British waters by a French vessel.
Farage observed, “128,000 people have come, 90 percent of them young men… from areas plagued by terrorism, gang crime, [and] with attitudes towards women that we would find completely unacceptable. I mean, how much worse could it be under Labour?”
Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer, projected to win the snap election with a large majority, has vowed to scrap the Rwanda policy.
Farage’s Reform Party is polling in second place nationally, ahead of the Conservatives. Due to the nature of the British electoral system, Reform is unlikely to win as many seats as the governing party, but Farage believes he can establish a parliamentary “bridgehead” from which he can challenge Labour in 2029.
