The Conservative Party has sharply criticized the Labour Government for repealing immigration laws that would allow ministers to reject asylum claims from individuals arriving illegally in the UK, including those considered a security threat. The Tories specifically warned that Labour's new policies could make it harder to remove figures like Abu Wadee, a migrant accused of arriving in the country through unlawful means.  

 

Shadow Home Secretary Chris Philp called on Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer’s government to retain measures introduced by the previous Conservative administration, which granted ministers the power to deem asylum claims "inadmissible" for those entering the country without permission. This authority is set to be repealed under Labour’s Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill, currently under parliamentary debate.

 

Philp did not hold back in his criticism of the proposed changes, stating, "The Government must kick out this despicable individual as quickly as possible. But the changes the Labour Government are now proposing in their borders bill will make that far harder, if not impossible, to achieve. The measures passed by the Conservatives provide the Government with powers to remove exactly this kind of individual. Labour must urgently reconsider its ill-advised proposals to ditch these important powers."  

 

The Conservatives have also introduced amendments to the bill, seeking to limit the use of human rights laws in immigration legal challenges. Philp further argued that if Starmer does not support the Tories’ proposals to remove the Human Rights Act from immigration cases and ensure illegal migrants are deported, it would prove that Labour is not committed to border security.  

 

The issue of small boat crossings continues to be a major point of contention. According to the latest Home Office figures, more than 90 percent of migrants who arrive by small boats go on to seek asylum in the UK. From the start of the crisis in 2018 until the end of last year, 151,138 small boat migrants reached British shores, yet only 4,995—just three percent—have been removed.  

 

This data has fueled Conservative criticism that Labour’s approach to immigration is too lenient and will further weaken border controls. With illegal crossings still a pressing concern, the debate over how best to handle asylum seekers and immigration enforcement remains a key political battleground.

 

Based on a report by Daily Mail  2025-03-14

 

 

Labour under Starmer a civil rights activist and supporter of the European courts has an open door policy for illegal immigration.

Britain is facing the biggest and most unwelcome invasion  in History of 

Muslim single men in record numbers. 

Repealing and replacing the laws that didn’t work.

 

 

1 hour ago, Chomper Higgot said:

Repealing and replacing the laws that didn’t work.

 

 

None of the laws worked!

BadEnoch running the cons

Waheed Alli running Labour

Samir Shah running the BBC

Sadiq Khan running London

 

37 minutes ago, BritManToo said:

None of the laws worked!

BadEnoch running the cons

Waheed Alli running Labour

Samir Shah running the BBC

Sadiq Khan running London

 

Is that some kind of avant-garde poetry?

 

 

 

 

2 hours ago, Chomper Higgot said:

Repealing and replacing the laws that didn’t work.

In the bill currently being read, what law that they are replacing will work and address the example given in the OP?