SIR Keir Starmer was blasted over his plans to beat the small boats crisis – with an audience member heckling him on where illegal migrants will go if he is elected.
The Labour leader said that in the first few days of government he would “put the staff” back in a returns unit working on deporting people in the UK illegally.
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After he said he would put migrants on planes back to where they came from, frustrated audience member Boris shouted: “You’re still not going to stop the boats!”
Another member of audience asked: “They arrive and they have destroyed their passports and identification documents so they cannot be processed. So where are you going to send them to if you don’t know where they’ve come from?”
In response, Sir Keir said: “Of course it’s difficult, of course you’ve got to establish where people come from. But you can return people to their country of origin.
“In very many cases, the number being returned has gone down 44 per cent. We need to address that. But the most important thing, in my view, is stopping people coming in the first place.”
Sir Keir Starmer called the Rwanda policy an “expensive gimmick” and claimed people from countries such as Bangladesh aren’t being removed to their home nations under the Tories.
The Labour leader said the ongoing small boats crisis is a potential national security risk, because the UK “needs to know” who is coming to the UK.
Rishi Sunak accused him of not having a proper plan to deal with illegal migration at our election showdown tonight.
Sunak told Sun readers there is a clear choice for voters on July 4 when it comes to dealing with illegal migration.
He said that those who have been detained as part of his Rwanda scheme will either be sent on flights out of the country if he wins or will be released onto our streets if Labour win at the ballots.
Sunak told Sun readers there is a clear choice for voters on July 4 when it comes to dealing with illegal migration.
He said that those who have been detained as part of his Rwanda scheme will either be sent on flights out of the country if he wins or will be released onto our streets if Labour win at the ballots.
