Kemi Badenoch, leader of the UK Conservative Party, is pressing Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s Labour administration to implement the Conservatives’ recently proposed deportation legislation as a solution to address increasing immigration levels.
In a video posted to her official X account on Saturday, Ms. Badenoch issued a strong caution regarding the current immigration trend. She asserted that a failure to take immediate action could result in approximately two million immigrants acquiring British citizenship within the next year.
“From next year, two million immigrants could automatically claim British citizenship. That’s nearly twice the population of Birmingham,” she stated. Further emphasizing the party’s commitment, she added, “We’ve introduced a deportation bill because we are committed to bringing immigration down.”
The proposed legislation, released on Tuesday, details significant changes aimed at restructuring the UK’s immigration framework. According to Badenoch, the bill’s key provisions involve the deportation of all foreign nationals convicted of crimes, mandatory age verification procedures, more stringent visa regulations, alterations to the application of human rights legislation in immigration cases, the implementation of a repayable asylum support system, and the elimination of permanent residency rights for those reliant on benefits.
Highlighting the urgency of the situation, Ms. Badenoch declared, “Until that’s the law, we won’t fix it. Labour should adopt it now. It’s time to get tough. That’s what the conservatives’ deportation bill delivers. Our country is a home, not a hotel.”
