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Mike Tapp speaks prior to a speech by Labour Party leader Sir Keir Starmer, during a visit to Dover, Kent, May 10, 2024
LABOUR was accused of “pandering to the far right” today after an MP said new counter-terror powers for border security will “be part of what makes a difference” a day after three people died trying to cross the Channel in a small boat.
Labour MP for Dover and Deal Mike Tapp talked up the “disruptive techniques” to tackle people-smuggling today in the government’s Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill.
He said there was “no quick fix” to the issue, despite repeated warnings that only safe passage routes will stop the deaths, which have risen to an average of one per week this year.
DIANE ABBOTT warns that Shabana Mahmood’s draconian asylum proposals fuel racist scapegoating and risk demoralising Labour’s base – potentially paving the way for Farage to No 10
A recent Immigration Summit heard from Lord Alf Dubs, who fled the Nazis to Britain as a child. JAYDEE SEAFORTH reports on his message that we need to increase public empathy with desperate people seeking asylum
