Roberta Metsola, European Parliament President, has stated that Europe needs tougher borders.
Her concerns are echoed by many as the Continent is beset by movement, and trafficking, gangs.
However, the EU is a supporter of immigration, and has previously enabled its increase.
In particular, France has struggled as its social systems are pressured by migrant communities.
The government is aiming to reduce the overall number of migrants settling in the UK. It’s a problem no government has so far been able to resolve.
In fact, five former Conservative Prime Minister’s, and a few of Labour’s own, have failed at the task. There’s no reason yet to believe it’s possible.
It’s also due to the issue being so complex. Charities argue for a sanctuary system that allows victims of warfare and other disasters to remain here.
However, voters in general prefer it to focus on citizenship, which fits into a broader scheme of things that is more profitable for the economy.
The answer is not going to come from a society that berates or rebukes itself as often as people try to live here. It requires more than such sentiments.
A picture of breezing through arrivals at an airport and only just missing customs is outdated. It doesn’t suit our current picture of international travel or even immigration arrivals.
The fact is the UK suffers with a lack of joined-up thinking in our current approach to dealing with basic state matters that further novel innovations are pipe dreams waiting to burst and leak all over the place.
If it’s taken into account in the long view we see there’s a problem.
The fact of illegal immigration at scale makes it clear already a job isn’t a job in hand. It’s a discussion, or a disagreement, or a debate for a later date.
The truth that people want it to work anyway is not included in this reality.
The ‘anyway’ sort of people shouldn’t have to make up an argument as to why. They’ve voted for it before or said it before in so many words. It’s just part of the deal that illegal means illegal for a reason.
In 2005 Michael Howard MP made an assertion the UK lacks a single figure responsible for control at the heart of our borders. These aren’t regional borders but maritime borders on our coastlines.
He said;
“We will have one face at the border. One police force. With one chief constable. With just one job: securing Britain’s borders.”
In other words he promised what we needed but allegedly didn’t have.
The trouble is you’d think we’d have it already.
Yvette Cooper (the new Home Secretary under Sir Keir Starmer) has announced a new ‘Border Security Command’ with a single figurehead called a ‘Border Security Commander’ to report back to her in future.
It isn’t as much an innovation as mentioned before as a delayed response.
We’ve had successive leaders – and Prime Minister’s – try to rejig a system that should’ve had these roles already. The trouble is we’ve put up with a lot of them and with few measurable results.
The latest set of UK government statistics paint a bleak picture for a crisis at the UK’s shores. According to small boats data published by the UK government the last week saw just over 900 migrants illegally arrive on the south coast.
It’s not a positive figure for a government just elected. It’s inherited a situation that has lasted years. It’s a clear breach of our sovereignty and laws. Already a former Prime Minister tried to clear a backlog of arrivals and send others to Rwanda. His plan didn’t work.
Sir Keir Starmer now has a difficult task ahead of him. If he seeks to deal with it he’ll need to pull a rabbit out of a hat. He’s made promises already and under his leadership the Home Office have made a string of announcements regarding its resolution but the stats speak for themselves.