I am surprised I have to point this out to a prime minister but …
Anybody who thinks it would be easier to stop the boats while being in the European Union does not know what they are talking about.
In 2016, in 2017, in 2018, in 2019, in 2020, we took more asylum-seekers and migrants from the EU than they took in return.
In the most recent year for which we have data, Britain asked the EU to take 8,502 migrants.
How many did they take?
105.
Not even 1 in 10 of our requests to send migrants to the EU was accepted in these years.
Andy Burnham, Labour, the pro-EU lobby, they are all taking you for fools. They think you are idiots.
Why did the EU not take more?
Because the EU is hopelessly divided and does not function as a coherent block — hence why it’s now moving sharply rightwards.
Being in the EU also means being locked in to the European Convention on Human Rights which means never being able to deport illegal migrants & foreign criminals.
And if Britain ever did make the disastrous decision to re-join the EU it would almost certainly have to enter the Migration & Asylum Pact.
Which means taking a load more asylum-seekers to show “solidarity” with other states.
Also, just look at Ceuta. Does that inspire confidence? Do you really want to be close to EU member states that cannot even control their external border, ON TOP of what we are seeing in the Channel?
Much better to build Fortress Britain and control our own laws and borders.
That is the only sensible way forward for our country.
Leave the ECHR.
Repeal the HRA.
Disempower lefty lawyers.
Detain and deport.
Put the British people in charge.
Save our country.