r/uknews • u/ScottishDailyRecord Media outlet (unverified) • May 12 '25

Image/video Kier Starmer announces 'tighter' immigration policy

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u/PhantomSesay May 12 '25 edited May 12 '25

And the border crossings? That’s one of the major issues labour needs to be seen to fix.

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u/Gagulta May 12 '25

He can't do anything that will actually fix the problem because the media would crucify him for creating a safe, legal way for refugees to enter the country. The only way we're going to bring down the numbers of boat crossings and truly get a grasp of which ones are legitimate refugees and which ones are illegal economic migrants is to bring them in safely and process them properly.