KEIR Starmer has said that anyone who disagrees with his immigration plans is “un-British”.
seized on the suggestion that he would be prepared to negotiate with Brussels on the possibility of accepting a migrant quota as part of an EU-wide returns deal for people crossing the Channel.Secretary Steve Barclay said that would amount to “giving up control of our immigration policy”.
As part of its plans, Labour says it would work to reach a new agreement to share real-time intelligence with the EU similar to the Schengen Information System II, a database of terror suspects and immigration offenders, to which the UK had automatic access before Brexit. In an interview with The Times newspaper, Starmer added that he would also seek an EU-wide returns agreement for asylum seekers who arrive in Britain, which may involve a “quid pro quo” of accepting quotas of migrants from the bloc.He would not be drawn on the number of asylum seekers he would be happy to take in under a deal with the European Union.
He said: “The first stage is: how do you work with police forces across countries to ensure that you stop people getting into the boats in the first place, and smash this vile trade?
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