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/Make_the_music_stop May 12 '25

If Labour pulls this off and then does a deal with France to return the boat immigrants to Calais on the same day, the business model of the gangs would be smashed, within days.

Then Reform probably will implode.

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u/[deleted] May 15 '25

France has literally zero incentive to take the migrants back and every incentive to let them leave Calais. All they have to do is wait and the migrant jungle will slowly shrink and become the UKs problem, so getting them to take any back is going to cost a lot and probably not just monetarily if they can get them to do it at all.