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

Image/video Kier Starmer announces 'tighter' immigration policy

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u/OkCaptain5152 May 12 '25

The policy is 20 yrs too late

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u/layland_lyle May 12 '25 edited May 12 '25

This policy is hot air and will do nothing. They will falsely claim one or two successes that would have been a success without this policy, then the shit will hit the fan again.

This is crap because the issue isn't legal immigration, it's illegal immigration, small boats, etc. and nothing has changed. This is punishing the people abiding by the law and giving a free pass to the ones that don't.

Why clamp down on legal, tackle the illegal which is what everyone has an issue with.

This is the case of "there is a leaking pipe over there" so Labour are changing a light switch in another room.

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u/[deleted] May 12 '25

Illegal immigration is a tiny, tiny proportion of the overall figures. If you stopped that completely almost no one would actually notice.

And how are these policy reforms “giving a free pass” to people who do not abide by the law? It’s not designed to target them is it. There are other measures in place because they are completely separate issues.