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New asylum and immigration rules will make the system “safer, stronger and fairer”

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New asylum and immigration rules will make the system “safer, stronger and fairer” – says Llanelli MP

Dame Nia Griffith, MP for Llanelli, has backed landmark UK Labour Government legislation to restore control of Britain’s borders and asylum system by strengthening enforcement, tackling illegal migration and ensuring the rules are respected. 

Labour has announced the biggest overhaul of the asylum system in a generation, including a new independent immigration appeals body to speed up removals, reforms to the application of the ECHR and modern slavery laws to prevent abuse, and tougher powers to remove people with no right to be in the UK. At the same time, the reforms will continue to ensure Britain offers protection to those fleeing war and persecution through safe and legal routes. 

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The UK Labour Government will also continue closing asylum hotels and handing them back to local communities, while increasing the use of former military accommodation. Alongside this, Immigration Removal Centre capacity will expand by around 40%, enabling more than 45,000 additional failed asylum seekers and foreign national offenders to be removed over the next decade. 

New powers will also require asylum seekers to contribute towards the cost of their accommodation and support, ensuring those who benefit from Britain’s generosity repay it, reducing the burden on the taxpayer. 

These measures build on Labour’s record since taking office. Net migration has fallen 80% from its peak under the Conservatives. Nearly 70,000 people with no right to be in the UK have been returned or removed, including 10,000 foreign national offenders. Small boat crossing are also set to be 40% lower this year than last.

Building on this success, the UK Labour Government is also stepping up illegal working raids, expanding returns agreements and speeding up asylum decisions so those with no right to remain can be removed more quickly. 

Dame Nia said:

“People rightly expect an asylum system that is fair, controlled and works in the interests of local communities. 

“Confidence has been undermined by delays, backlogs and criminal gangs exploiting vulnerable people for profit but these changes go a long way towards making the asylum and immigration system safer, stronger and fairer for everyone.

“These reforms will speed up decisions, tackle abuse and ensure support is focused on those in genuine need, while those with no right to remain will be removed more quickly.” 

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Nia Griffith
Dame Nia Griffith is a Welsh Labour politician, Member of Parliament for Llanelli, and Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Wales Office).

80 COMMENTS

  1. A long, long time ago, I remember an awful man claiming he would stop the boats! Ha, ha, ha like pigs flying. Same goes for this new claim. Take note of the destruction of Europe! It is real. It is terrifying. Wales is not immune to this horror. Do some research and pray 🙏🙏

    • Iona Lewis There are plenty of folks who don’t want people like you in Llanelli either. But what can you do eh 🤷🏻‍♂️

  2. No decent person can ever vote labour again after labour friends of Israel supporting a genocide baby killers .we have been betrayed by labour.
    Llanelli mp nia griffith is a labour friend of Israel

  3. Why are they increasing the number of military bases for asylum use?
    They should be put in tents before being sent back.
    Find out the first ‘safe’ country they entered and send them there.

  4. What is the matter with this one, Don’t she understand the Welsh people don’t want these fighting men on our streets it’s not safe for the men leave alone the woman and children how the hell she’s still campaigning I don’t know

    • Brian William Guest What a delightful comment. The irony is you’ll quite happily go on about protecting women and children, but think nothing of posting vile abuse like that. What a plank!

    • Andrew Davies The far right fuckwits have been saying it for a decade. Fuck all ever happens though.
      You better pray it doesn’t happen, because you couldn’t fight sleep you daft old racist. What you gonna do? Slap someone with a fish? 🤦

  5. Get a grip ffs all these negative replies what’s wrong with you people these are human beings she’s talking about

    • Kevin Lewis they’ve been given permission to hate a vulnerable group of people, can you think when that happened last in Europe?

  6. It is still illegal to try to enter UK without papers/passport and anyone who assists in the illegal entry is also breaking the law , why isn’t this being upheld they are all guilty of assisting and allowing it to happen , the penalty is immediate deportation or imprisonment. The immigrants that come here through the legal process have to jump through hoops to stay here when they are working and paying into the system , the whole system is wrong . Nia Griffiths is blind and ignorant.

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