Labour’s Shadow Immigration Minister Stephen Kinnock writes for The Mirror as a horrifying new Channel tragedy saw six die on a small boat and amid chaos in the Tories’ policies toward asylum seekers
Another tragedy in the English Channel. Six lives lost. Rescue teams are doing an incredible job, but these dangerous boat crossings must be stopped.
Enough of the Home Secretary’s gimmicks and the Prime Minister’s press conferences, we need immediate action to tackle the criminal smuggling gangs making millions each year trafficking in human misery.
And, as the Tory’s former Home Secretary, David Davis said yesterday, it’s time this Government got to grips with the record number of people waiting for their asylum claims to be processed.
The Tories have created chaos in the asylum system and they have no workable plan to sort it out. The taxpayer is footing an extortionate hotel bill â about £5,000 a minute â to house those stuck in limbo.