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Immigration is quite possibly the most important issue facing this Government or indeed any Government in Europe. When I was elected in 1983, net legal migration was 17,000. It is now 600,000. There is no mandate for this whatsoever and it needs to stop.
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We have an extraordinary and absurd situation in which people who have travelled through safe, stable, democratic countries that respect human rights are claiming asylum in the United Kingdom. The pull factors are massive and the system is broken.

The amendments I proposed yesterday aimed to tighten up the law to discourage spurious claims. For example, an illegal migrant could make a tweet for overthrowing the Rwandan president and then claim that even though Rwanda is safe in general, it would be unsafe for him.

The Rwanda Bill is the toughest bill we've had to combat illegal immigration. I'm worried it's not tight enough to be put into working practice before the next general election. The simplest solution is for detention upon arrival and deportation within days.

@EdwardLeighMP Ah 1983 when we could also get appointments with the Doctors, Dentists, play on school fields, go to the local library, swimming lessons & teeth cleaning lessons & go to youth clubs. Totally different world.

@EdwardLeighMP It is due to YOUR Brexit. Net migration from the EU has dropped from averaging 1M a decade to actually slightly negative now.... but non-EU has surged from 1M per decade to over 500K per year. Brexit ALWAYS delivers the exact opposite of what it promised.

@EdwardLeighMP Nearer 750k but never mind. It is a massive issue. The country won’t accept it.

@EdwardLeighMP That’s what Brexit and 14 years of Tory government does

@EdwardLeighMP It doesn’t need to be stopped, it needs to be reversed.

@EdwardLeighMP It won’t with your party or Labour in office. If you want change you need to quit and support a newer party.

@EdwardLeighMP Please immediately stop the illegal boat crossings from France by implementing our own laws pertaining to illegal immigration which have supremacy in our sovereign country. No passport no entry, No visa no entry and coming by dinghy from France no entry.
