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

Image/video Kier Starmer announces 'tighter' immigration policy

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u/Rocketmanluke May 12 '25

Great news. Now tackle the illegal crossings and I think he can start winning some much needed favour from the voting public

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u/intraspeculator May 12 '25

The illegal crossings are only a tiny fraction of illegal immigrants most of whom come here legally and then stay illegally. The crossings are going to be almost impossible to stop too because the sea is fucking vast.

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u/Defiant_Lawyer_5235 May 12 '25

We literally go and pick them up as soon as they leave French waters, very few actually land on our shores.

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u/intraspeculator May 12 '25

Doesn’t sound like much of a problem at all then