Immigration Watch International (2): British PM 'ready to ram Channel migrant law through' despite House of Lords resistance after claiming his plan is 'starting to work'

Tuesday, June 6, 2023

British PM 'ready to ram Channel migrant law through' despite House of Lords resistance after claiming his plan is 'starting to work'

Rishi Sunak is ready to ram his Channel boats plan through the House of Lords despite resistance from peers.

The PM has suggested he will use the Parliament Act to force the Illegal Migration Bill through, saying it was 'very strongly' backed by MPs and 'incredibly important'.

The comments - in an interview with the Telegraph - raise the prospect that the objections of the Upper House, including religious leaders such as the Archbishop of Canterbury, will be overruled.

The Parliament Act is a rarely-used mechanism that limits the blocking powers of peers. It was last deployed by Tony Blair to get the Hunting Act on the statute book.

Mr Sunak hinted at the drastic move as he insisted his plan to 'stop the boats' is starting to work. On a visit to Kent, he argued that numbers crossing the Channel were down 20 per cent this year.

The stakes for the premier were underlined by a poll indicated that Labour is 14 points ahead - and immigration could sway the votes of huge numbers of Conservative supporters.

The Illegal Migration Bill would dramatically limit the rights of Channel arrivals to claim asylum or that they are a victim of modern slavery.

Critics say it breaks international law, but ministers are adamant that it is a crucial deterrent to stop people making the potentially deadly journey from the continent.

Asked whether he would be willing to use the Parliament Act, Mr Sunak said: 'One of my five priorities is to stop the boats. This legislation is an incredibly important part of how we're going to do that.

'It passed the House of Commons very strongly. And my intention is to see this piece of legislation on the statute books so that we can start using it.'

Pressed again, Mr Sunak said: 'I want to see this legislation on the statute books. It's one of my five priorities. It is the country's priority and this legislation is an incredibly important part of how we're going to do that.'

Speaking at the port of Dover yesterday, Mr Sunak announced two new 'super-barges' to accommodate asylum seekers in an effort to slash the £6million-a-day cost of migrant hotels.

He stressed there remained a 'long way to go', but he insisted the numbers showed the Government was 'making progress on gripping' the small-boats 'phenomenon' – one of his five key pledges as Prime Minister.

Just over 7,600 have crossed the Channel illegally so far this year, down from just under 10,000 in the same period last year.

The PM said: 'That's the main message for people to take away from today – our plan is working. We're not complacent. There's more work to do, but people should have confidence that when I said I was going to stop the boats, I meant it. And that's what we're delivering.'

He defended measures to house asylum seekers on barges, with the first one set to be moored off Portland in Dorset within a fortnight.

Up to 1,000 people will be placed on two further temporary vessels, but Mr Sunak declined to say where they will be berthed.

Yesterday's Home Office data showed the backlog of 'legacy' asylum claims has fallen by 17,000 cases since December to 74,410.

But the overall asylum backlog – including claims lodged since June last year – is still at a near record high of 137,583, down 1,200 from its peak in February.

In a crucial landmark, the French authorities are intercepting more than 50 per cent of small boats in the Channel for the first time, compared with 42 per cent last year.

However, new data showed the number of Turkish migrants reaching Britain by small boat has tripled in the wake of February's devastating earthquake, and arrivals are expected to increase.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12163987/Rishi-Sunak-ready-ram-Channel-migrant-law-House-Lords.html

***********************************

My other blogs. Main ones below:

http://edwatch.blogspot.com (EDUCATION WATCH)

http://dissectleft.blogspot.com (DISSECTING LEFTISM)

http://antigreen.blogspot.com (GREENIE WATCH)

http://pcwatch.blogspot.com (POLITICAL CORRECTNESS WATCH)

http://snorphty.blogspot.com (TONGUE-TIED)

http://australian-politics.blogspot.com/ (AUSTRALIAN POLITICS)

http://awesternheart.blogspot.com.au/ (THE PSYCHOLOGIST)

http://jonjayray.com/blogall.html More blogs

*******************************

No comments:

Post a Comment

Background

Postings from Brisbane, Australia by John Ray (M.A.; Ph.D.) -- former member of the Australia-Soviet Friendship Society, former anarcho-capitalist and former member of the British Conservative party.

Why is "La Raza" the one Spanish term that is NEVER translated in the American mass media? Because translating it would make it a lot less respectable. It means "THE RACE" -- The mixed Hispanic "race" of Mexico. Racism is fine South of the Rio Grande only, apparently.

The "line" of this blog is that immigration should be SELECTIVE. That means that:

1). A national government should be in control of it. The U.S. and U.K. governments are not but the Australian government has shown that the government of a prosperous Western country can be. Up until its loss of office in 2007, the conservative Howard government had all but eliminated illegal immigration. The present Leftist government has however restarted the flow of illegals by repealing many of the Howard government regulations.

2). Selectivity should be based on "the content of a man's character, not on the color of his skin", as MLK said. To expand that a little: Immigrants should only be accepted if they as individuals seem likely to make a positive net contribution to the country. Many "refugees" would fail that test: Muslims and Africans particularly. Educational level should usually be a pretty fair proxy for the individual's likely value to the receiving country. There will, of course, be exceptions but it is nonetheless unlikely that a person who has not successfully completed High School will make a net positive contribution to a modern Western society.

3). Immigrants should be neither barred NOR ACCEPTED solely because they are of some particular ethnic origin. Blacks are vastly more likely to be criminal than are whites or Chinese, for instance, but some whites and some Chinese are criminal. It is the criminality that should matter, not the race.

4). The above ideas are not particularly blue-sky. They roughly describe the policies of the country where I live -- Australia. I am critical of Australian policy only insofar as the "refugee" category for admission is concerned. All governments have tended to admit as refugees many undesirables. It seems to me that more should be required of them before refugees are admitted -- for instance a higher level of education or a business background.

5). Perhaps the most amusing assertion in the immigration debate is that high-income countries like the USA and Britain NEED illegal immigrants to do low-paid menial work. "Who will pick our crops?" (etc.) is the cry. How odd it is then that Australians get all the normal services of a modern economy WITHOUT illegal immigrants! Yes: Before the pandemic, you usually COULD buy a lettuce in Australia for a dollar or thereabouts. And Australia IS a major exporter of primary products.

6). I am a libertarian conservative so I reject the "open door" policy favoured by many libertarians and many Leftists. Both those groups tend to have a love of simplistic generalizations that fail to deal with the complexity of the real world. It seems to me that if a person has the right to say whom he/she will have living with him/her in his/her own house, so a nation has the right to admit to living among them only those individuals whom they choose.

I can be reached on jonjayray@hotmail.com -- or leave a comment on any post. Abusive comments will be deleted.

Immigration Watch International (2)

Tuesday, June 6, 2023

British PM 'ready to ram Channel migrant law through' despite House of Lords resistance after claiming his plan is 'starting to work'

No comments:

Post a Comment

Background

Other blogs

Blog Archive

Contributors