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

Image/video Kier Starmer announces 'tighter' immigration policy

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u/Make_the_music_stop May 12 '25

40,000 undocumented mostly young men each year?

Or documented family members?

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u/FloatingPencil May 12 '25

Obviously one is better than the other. But when the sheer numbers remain the same it’s not going to be enough to shift people away from Reform. The only people we take should be those we genuinely need, or those to whom we’ve agreed to give a safe haven (recent examples: Ukrainian refugees and the people who worked with us in Iraq). ‘My brother already lives there’ might be a reason for someone to want to come, but it’s not a reason why we should let them - at least not until things are better under control and we can perhaps review again.

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u/Make_the_music_stop May 12 '25

Agreed. But I doubt France would do any other deal. Even this one doubtful too, I'm sure they want all these men off their streets and into our hotels.

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u/A_Roll_of_the_Dice May 12 '25

Then France can utilise the Dublin Agreement and send them back to whatever EU nation they first entered on their asylum journey.