By Kolawole Ojebisi
The leader of the UK Conservative Party, Kemi Badenoch, has called on Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s Labour government to borrow a leaf from the Conservatives’ proposed deportation bill to stem the rising tide of migrants threatening to overwhelm the country.
Badenoch warned that the rising immigration in the UK demands urgent and drastic measures.
The Nigerian-British Tory leader gave this warning in a video shared on her official X account on Sunday,
She maintained that approximately two million immigrants could gain British citizenship by next year if nothing is done to stem the tide.
“From next year, two million immigrants could automatically claim British citizenship. That’s nearly twice the population of Birmingham.
“We’ve introduced a deportation bill because we are committed to bringing immigration down,” Ms Badenoch said.
According to the proposed bill referenced by Badenoch, published on Tuesday, the Conservative party recommended stringent measures to overhaul the UK’s immigration system.
Badenoch explained that the bill includes provisions for the deportation “of all foreign criminals, mandatory age checks, tougher visa rules, disabled the human rights act to immigration cases, make asylum support repayable and no permanent right to stay in the UK if you rely on benefits.”
“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.” Badenoch added while emphasizing the urgency of the immigration matter.
