BlueHammer85
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Tories had 14 years.
Farage helped unleash Brexit and increase the arrivals of boat crossings.
Labour have had 1 year - they've struck a one in out deal with France, they're working on border bills (Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill) which will give law enforcements tougher tools to go after the smuggling gangs, migrants granted asylum will no longer automatically gain settlement and family reunion rights which will reduce the incentive for many, 100 million allocated to the Border Security Command / National Crime Agency to strengthen investigation, intelligence, intercept supply chains etc , they have Increased returns/removals of people without right to remain - over 35,000 people with no right to be here have been returned which is way up on previous years, (social media ads) in countries warning about the dangers of small boat journeys, the risk of smuggling gangs etc , asylum decisions have more than doubled and fewer people are in hotels, agreementwith Germany to let UK seize boats stored/transferred through Germany, to cut off supply routes, Working with Frontex (EU’s border agency) for intelligence-sharing. that's all in 1 year. alot of this will take time to seep through but Labour have done far more in a year than what the Tories did in 14.
just to add as will hardly get a mention in the News.
Migrants who came to the UK illegally by small boat have been deported as a group for the first time, under the government's returns deal with France.
The Home Office has confirmed that two flights containing groups of small boat migrants have taken off this week, leading to 19 people being returned to the Continent.
It added that further deportation flights are scheduled to take place "over the coming days".