Nigel Farage has proposed banning migrants from being granted asylum for five years and immediately deporting 90,000 applicants, describing the measures as a response to a "national security emergency" over illegal migrants. The Reform UK leader said the moves would amount to the "biggest mass deportation programme" in UK history, placing the issue of illegal migration back at the centre of political debate.
Economic and Social Impact of Uncontrolled Migration
According to the opinion piece, uncontrolled migration is having an enormous impact on the UK economy. Latest reckonings suggest asylum seekers are a net drain on the economy. Those arriving by boat or in the back of a truck tend to have low skills and poor education, and are more likely to claim social benefits than high-skilled workers and more likely to work in the black economy, undercutting wages and not paying tax.
Recent crime statistics have revealed that illegal migrants commit a higher rate of crime than native Britons, while a few are actual terrorists. Two men charged earlier this month with allegedly plotting to attack Jewish targets in Manchester had arrived illegally in Britain just weeks before.
Impact on House Prices and Local Services
A report from the Centre of Policy Studies says the Boris Johnson wave of record legal immigration has put up the cost of the average home by £15,000. Increased demand has meant that, whereas rising interest rates would normally lower house prices, the shortage of properties caused by record immigration is putting them up. Many migrants continue to be housed by councils at our expense and are jumping the queue before local families waiting patiently for their turn.
Nigel Farage delivered his migration pledge in front of an enormous dinghy of the type that recently brought 250 illegal migrants across in one voyage. Zia Yusuf, Reform's home affairs spokesman, added that 90,000 migrants having their asylum claims currently assessed will be immediately deported. He said: "If we fail to do that, if we fail to uphold the law, we will not have a country at all."
Cultural and Political Pressures
The urgency of this matter is justified when we are already seeing the impact of vast numbers of non-European migrants bringing in foreign cultural values, especially a lack of respect for women. There is increased pressure on our political system, with the sectarianism of politics and candidates in local polls being elected due to their support for Gaza rather than ability to get the bins collected on time.
Farage insists his dramatic pledge is nothing out of the ordinary. "We want to get back to being a normal country, a country that puts national security at the top of the agenda, a country that does everything it can to protect its own citizens, and a country that detains and deports people that come illegally, as virtually every other country in the world does."
Call for Tougher Measures on Safe Countries
Asylum seekers would be sent back to their own countries or a safe third party safe country, like the aborted Rwanda-style scheme. But the fact is they are already coming from a safe country, and the main reason they risk their lives coming to Britain is for our overly generous welcome package of free housing and welfare payments, plus black market for jobs.
Many illegal migrants are being schooled in how to apply for these benefits by left-leaning lawyers who believe in open borders. There is clearly a growing industry in coaching illegals on how to game the system, whether by sexuality or religion or claims of abuse. Paying out thousands of pounds to people smugglers and gangsters providing false documentation is a booming racket that shows how many of these so-called asylum seekers are not vulnerable at all and should really pay their own way to legally enter our country, but are preferring to barge their way in, cheating other more lawful applicants.
Any country that refuses to take back refused asylum seekers should immediately face visa bans, flight bans and tariffs. Nigel Farage and Reform UK are to be congratulated for grasping an issue that so many other political parties want to ignore or downgrade. It is simply a matter of social justice and delivering fairness for all, especially hard-working British taxpayers supporting a system that is currently corrupt and out of control.
