Keir Starmer and Labour’s big idea for ‘illegal’ migration is as bad as the Tories’
Keir Starmer: yet again, he has opened his mouth only to put his foot in it. And he is the favourite to form a government after the next general election – but only because, while he certainly appears to be incompetent, the Tories under Rishi Sunak have proven themselves to be both incompetent and corrupt. Who else can we support instead?
Keir Starmer has come under fire over a plan to process migrants’ asylum claims in other countries – “offshore”.
Here‘s the idea, as explained by The Guardian:
Keir Starmer said this month that he would look at offshore schemes where migrants are processed in a third country “usually en route to their country of destination”, saying that other European countries are also considering this.
The Times reported on Monday that Labour was also looking at all options for offshore processing of asylum claims as long as British officials did the assessment and migrants were not barred from claiming asylum if they had arrived by illegal means – unlike the government’s Rwanda scheme.
The report states that “charities, the SNP and the leftwing pressure group Momentum have said it would be a dangerous path to go down”.
Alison Thewliss of the SNP said, “Offshoring our fellow human beings is inhumane and immoral. The Labour party should be ruling out Rwanda-style plans, not helping to enable them.”
A Momentum spokesperson said it was “disturbing” that Labour was reportedly considering such a plan… “As migration experts have said, the way to minimise perilous small boat crossings is to expand safe routes for refugees. Instead of aping inhumane Tory policies like offshoring asylum seekers, Keir Starmer should be standing up for progressive values and migrants’ rights.”
Steve Smith, the chief executive of Care4Calais, said: “The colour of their party rosettes may be different but it seems their morals aren’t. Outsourcing our international obligations to other countries is a shameful policy where everyone loses.
“It does nothing to protect people who are fleeing war, torture and persecution. Just like the outsourcing racket in public services, UK taxpayers’ money will be sent to other countries for no return.”
He said the answer was obvious: open safe routes for refugees to claim asylum in the UK.
Starmer’s plan has been rubbished on the social media too:
Seems Starmer has chosen Christmas to announce @UKLabour is letting all of us who hope for an alternative to the failed cruelty & chaos down.
We must push back against this sick new normal.
There is no acceptable or workable offshoring plan.
On @LBC this morning 👇 pic.twitter.com/D2ZSzH0TX6
— Zoe Gardner (@ZoeJardiniere) December 26, 2023
“Whether these plans meet the UK’s moral obligations is a matter for voters. But Good Law Project will absolutely want to make sure that government – of whatever political colour – meets its international and domestic legal obligations.” https://t.co/r8fOfJLX1f
— Jo Maugham (@JolyonMaugham) December 26, 2023
Labour warned against ‘dancing to Tory tune’ by offshoring asylum claims
Exactly!
Some people are on a knife edge as to who vote for – despite the vital importance https://t.co/4Rezdp6eTe— Claire ☘️🇪🇺 🐟 #RejoinEU #UBI #GTTO (@fbpe_ch) December 26, 2023
My feed’s full of ‘offshore processing’ as a sanitised alternative to Rwanda.
And apart from the objective madness of investing in asylum decision making in another country when ours is a Binfire… how do people think folk get to France? A jaunty stroll? https://t.co/8RcQb0gXD8
— Lou Calvey (@LouCalvey) December 26, 2023
Once again, Keir Starmer makes himself and his silly Substitute Tory Party look ridiculous.
But once again, he leaves those of us who have a political conscience wrestling with the big question for 2024:
Who do we ask to form a government, when neither of the most powerful and well-publicised parties should be allowed to?
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