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Extremists can enter “our country at will” due to Sir Keir Starmer’s open borders insurance policies, the Tories have warned. The Prime Minister was accused of creating the UK “the soft touch of Europe on illegal migration” as Channel migrant crossings continued at a report tempo.

And the arrest of an alleged Palestinian militant gunman after crossing on a small boat has prompted a brand new border safety disaster. Shadow Home Secretary Chris Philp urged Labour to deport all overseas criminals and to cease issuing visas to international locations that refuse to take them again, tabling amendments to Home Secretary Yvette Cooper’s Border Security Bill.

Mr Philp stated: “These tough new measures show the Conservatives are prepared to do whatever it takes to deport foreign criminals from the UK.

“If a foreign citizen commits a crime here, we should kick them out – it is as simple as that.

“We can’t allow endless appeals and prevarication – the Government has a duty to protect British citizens from these often dangerous offenders.

“And where another country won’t take back their own citizens – including criminals – then the Government must stop issuing new visas to people from those countries.”

Palestinian asylum seeker Abu Wadee, who has posed for images with computerized rifles and boasted of terrorising Israel by sending improvised incendiary kites throughout the border, was detained by immigration officers on Sunday.

Mr Philp added: “Having called for this man to be arrested and deported immediately, I am glad the authorities have tracked him down, but he should never have been able to get here in the first place.

“Thanks to Keir Starmer’s open borders policy, extremists are able to enter our country at will.

“I am concerned this despicable man will make spurious human rights or other claims to try to stay in the UK – which weak immigration judges are all too likely to accept, based on past form. That is why the new Conservative policy to repeal the Human Rights Act for immigration cases is so important.

“Labour has made our country the soft touch of Europe on illegal migration. They need to get a grip now and back our sensible amendments to the Borders Bill before more dangerous foreign criminals get into the UK.”

On Monday, the Conservatives proposed plans to compel the Home Secretary to deport any foreign national convicted of a crime.

This includes those charged with, or convicted of, immigration offences.

This would replace current rules where foreign offenders can only be deported if they are sentenced to a year behind bars.

On Monday, Labour revealed foreign criminals could be made to wear electronic tags and subject to night-time curfews while the Government is waiting to deport them.

An amendment to the Border Security Asylum and Immigration Bill will mean tougher restrictions can be put on people who have committed a crime or have been deemed a threat to the public but cannot yet be removed.

People who breach the restrictions could face jail time, under the plans set to be tabled in the legislation on Monday.

A government spokesman has said that ministers are “committed to delivering justice for victims and safer streets for our communities”.

The spokesman added: “Any foreign nationals who commit heinous crimes should be in no doubt we will do everything to make sure they are not free on Britain’s streets, including removal from the UK at the earliest possible opportunity.

“For the foreign criminals whose removal we are pursuing, but that we are presently unable to deport, we are introducing tougher restrictions including the use of electronic tags, night-time curfews and exclusion zones.

“Breaching these conditions would be grounds for arrest and the individual could face imprisonment.”

Officials have said that the law currently limits the Government’s ability to put constraints on people who have served a prison sentence but cannot immediately be deported, or people who have not committed a crime but are considered “high harm”.

Mr Philp has warned overseas criminals and failed asylum seekers are exploiting human rights legal guidelines which are “very vaguely worded”.

He declared Parliament is being “circumvented” and “trumped” by the European Court of Human Rights, including that judges aren’t utilizing sufficient “common sense” when assessing immigration instances.

It follows a sequence of vastly controversial selections, together with one the place an Albanian legal averted deportation after claiming his son didn’t like overseas rooster nuggets and a Pakistani paedophile jailed for youngster intercourse offences who escaped removing from the UK as it could be “unduly harsh” on his kids.

Also on Monday, the Conservatives tabled a sequence of amendments to Labour’s Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill, calling for more durable measures to finish “mass low-skilled low-wage immigration into the UK.”

Migrants shouldn’t be capable of carry their companions to the UK for at the very least two years, the Tories proposed, and overseas staff must earn at the very least £38,700.

The occasion proposed revoking somebody’s asylum declare in the event that they return to their nation of origin – even for a vacation.

Other urged modifications embrace anybody who has been granted a piece visa will likely be unable to use for any type of advantages from the Government, together with housing help.

More than 4,000 folks have arrived within the UK to this point this yr, in accordance with Home Office figures.

Some 237 folks made the journey in 4 boats on Sunday, taking the provisional complete this yr to 4,131.

This is 23% increased than the identical interval in 2024 (3,358) and likewise 33% up on 2023 (3,150), and an extra enhance of 87% in contrast with 2022 (2,212).

Migrants have crossed on 10 consecutive days.

The Tories stated it would guarantee migrants are “self-sufficient and do not rely on the state”.

Mrs Badenoch stated: “We are changing our entire approach on immigration. We have to put an end to the era of mass low-skilled, low-wage immigration.

“Our amendment to the immigration Bill will raise the salary threshold for work visas to £38,700. Labour will likely oppose it. They aren’t serious about getting numbers down.”

Asked in regards to the proposed amendments to the laws, which might imply migrants must earn extra to qualify for a piece visa and won’t be able to carry companions to the UK until they’ve been married for 2 years, he instructed BBC Radio 4’s Today programme: “Well, the intended effect is to bring to an end the era of mass migration.

“For 20 or 30 years now, we’ve seen big numbers arriving within the UK, typically coming to work on low wages and in low-skilled jobs and it is time, we expect, that ends.

“We think actually it’s bad for the taxpayer, because recent OBR analysis shows that people coming here on lower wages actually cost the general taxpayer money because they consume more in services than they pay in tax. It obviously puts pressure on public services, and in some cases, can undermine social cohesion as well.

“What we should focus on is a much smaller number of very high-skilled migrants, rather than mass low-skilled migration.”