Rishi Sunak visits Dover Marine Rescue Coordination Center. are “on the same side” with criminals and lawyers who facilitate illegal immigration.
The Prime Minister retweeted a newspaper investigation that lawyers help people apply for asylum based on false evidence.
He claimed that Labor, as well as corrupt lawyers and “criminal gangs”, were obstructing the government's plans to stop migrants from crossing the English Channel in small boats.
Labor hit back, and a shadow cabinet member said that Mr. Sunak went down the drain.
An investigation by the Daily Mail found that lawyers are charging thousands of pounds for making false asylum and human rights claims for illegal immigrants.
Lawyers readily agreed to help an undercover reporter posing as an economic migrant obtain refugee status. This is despite being told he has no legitimate reason to remain in the UK after arriving on a small boat.
The Prime Minister tweeted yesterday: “This is what we are facing. The Labor Party, a group of lawyers, criminal gangs are all on the same side, supporting an exploitative system that profits from smuggling people into the UK. I have a plan to stop this.
“Labour tried to block every vote to stop the boats. Their immigration plan is an open door. But I know stopping boats is a priority for the British. And I will leave no stone unturned to do so.”
Shadow Environment Secretary Jim McMahon tweeted: “When all else is lost, the only place you have is the gutter. Poor, yes. Desperate and pitiful from Sunak too.”
Broadcaster Ian Dale said: “I'm not entirely sure this is a very prime minister. Enough accusation against the Labor Party there. Okay, go get a lawyer at the center of this story, but assuming that Labor will support him is a pretty desperate move.”
The PM's tweet was sent from his party political account, not the government's official one.
“On the side of the smugglers”
Earlier this year, Mr Sunak said Labor was going to “side with the smugglers”. when he voted against the illegal migration bill.
The Mail investigation found that one lawyer asked for £10,000 to come up with a gruesome backstory to use in his asylum application.
This included allegations of sexual torture, beatings, slave labor, false imprisonment and death threats that led the victim to commit suicide and forced her to flee to the UK.
The legal adviser promised he could get a doctor's opinion to back up the story and prepared antidepressants for submission to the Home Office as “evidence” of psychological trauma.
At another firm, the lawyer said he would have to “create evidence” to give the impression that the reporter had a sincere fear of “persecution and murder” if he returned home.
He boasted a success rate of over 90 percent in similar asylum cases. A third outlined the “good parts of an asylum case” which he said he would use to make it appear that the reporter feared for his life in India. This may include anti-government political loyalty, a love affair with someone from the wrong caste, or homosexuality.
One law firm fired a representative The Mail spoke with and closed one of its offices after how we made our findings public. . It stated that his actions violated the law and the Solicitors Regulatory Authority's code of conduct.
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