Chris Philp, the Conservative Party\u2019s home affairs spokesman, has said the party would \u201cimmediately stop\u201d the Labour government\u2019s new plan to create legal routes for admitting asylum seekers if it comes to power, a scheme the Labour government says is designed to create safe pathways for vulnerable people.<\/p>\n
The programme, which UK Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood announced last week, is due to begin this autumn with the involvement of universities, civil society groups and employers. The Labour government said the plan will focus in particular on Afghan women and Palestinian asylum seekers, groups it says face serious risks of violence and abuse.<\/p>\n
Criticising the Labour government\u2019s approach, Philp described its immigration policy as \u201cdangerous, naive and detached from the realities on the ground\u201d and stressed that, amid rising levels of illegal migration, creating new asylum routes would be \u201can absolute mistake.\u201d He is due to set out the main elements of his party\u2019s immigration plan today at the Conservatives\u2019 annual conference in Birmingham, which he says stands in contrast to the current government\u2019s policies.<\/p>\n
At the same time, Philp has also spoken of creating a \u201cdeportation task force\u201d, a structure he claims could remove 150,000 people from the UK each year. According to him, this would include rejected asylum seekers, \u201cforeign criminals\u201d and those who have remained in the country after their visas expired.<\/p>\n
The Conservative official has claimed that, over a five-year period, a total of about 750,000 foreign nationals without the right to remain would be deported from the UK, with migrants who enter the country illegally in small boats given priority for removal.<\/p>\n
Philp also said that if the Conservatives win, the \u201crights of British citizens\u201d will be at the centre of immigration decisions, and that the party\u2019s future government will not grant \u201cany additional privileges for the entry of new migrants.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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