Lee Anderson acknowledges that the Tories have failed in their fight against illegal migrants. said the Conservative Party.
Lee Anderson said that the small boat crossing of the English Channel was “out of control” and “there is no doubt” that “we failed in this.”
< p>Mr Anderson said the government has developed a policy to deal with this problem, but he said “everyone is against us”, citing opposition from the “left-wing lawyers”, human rights activists and charities, which “slows us down”.< /p>
Responding to Mr. Anderson's claim of failure, Immigration Minister Robert Jenrick said “there are no easy solutions to this problem” but the government is committed to addressing the problem in a “mature” and “serious” way.
Mr Anderson's comments about the failure risk overshadowing a number of announcements made by the government during the so-called 'Boat Stop Week'.
1008 Cumulative number of small boat arrivals in the UK by year and months
Mr. Anderson was interviewed by Nigel Farage for GB News on Tuesday evening about comments he made earlier this week when he said that migrants complaining about the Bibby Stockholm barge should “to… – back to France.”< /p>
The Tory Vice Chairman said he would not apologize for the remark and said it was “born out of frustration”.
Mr Farage suggested to Mr Anderson that the Tories were “completely and let everyone down” on immigration.
Conservative vice chairman Lee Anderson says the Tories have failed on immigration issues. https://t.co/1dt81hXT80
— Nigel Farage (@Nigel_Farage) August 9, 2023 'This is a failure'
Mr Anderson replied: 'Listen Nigel, I'm not going to sit here and make excuses to anyone. It's getting out of control, we're in power now, I'm the vice chairman of the Conservative Party, we're in government and we've failed at that. There is no doubt about it.
“We said we'll fix it, it's a failure.
“We have rules and I know it's hard for the British public at the moment to understand what we're trying to do with flights to Rwanda and changes to the law , a bill on illegal migration, and it seems very slow.
“We are ready. against that Nigel, let's be honest. We have left-wing lawyers, we have human rights activists, we have charitable foundations.
“Everyone is against us, but I don’t make excuses. It slows us down. If the whole parliament would support us in this, I'm sure it would have already been passed.”
Mr Jenrick was asked during an interview on Times Radio on Wednesday morning if he agreed with Mr Anderson that the Tories “failed” on immigration.
He replied: “There are no easy solutions to this problem. This is one of the most complex and complex challenges facing not only our country, but all the developed countries of the world.”
“Two Important Deals”
Mr Jenrick said the government has “done a number of things in the past nine months since Rishi Sunak became prime minister” to fulfill the latter's promise to “stop the boats”.
He mentioned “the signing of two important deals with France”, stepping up work with Albania, which “saw a 90 per cent reduction in the number of Albanians crossing the border in small boats”, and “a very significant increase” in the number of raids on illegal works.
He also pointed to the deployment of “more rudimentary forms of decent but not luxurious accommodation” for asylum seekers, including the Bibby Stockholm barge, as a measure that would “reduce pull factors to the UK”.
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The government made a series of announcements during Small Boat Week in an attempt to demonstrate its continued commitment to keeping the Prime Minister's pledge to stop sailing.
On Monday, the first asylum seekers set foot on Bibby Stockholm, a key part efforts to stop the use of expensive hotel rooms.
Then on Tuesday, the government announced a new task force to identify unscrupulous lawyers following the reports. that false asylum claims are made for a fee.
The government announced on Wednesday that it has reached a new agreement with Turkey to dismantle the supply chain of boats used to transport smuggling gangs. over 15,000 migrants across the English Channel this year.
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