This is a slightly edited extract from an article originally published in the Daily Mail on 13th October.
In total, more than 200,000 migrants have now sailed across the Channel. If that’s not an invasion, I don’t know what is.
At the moment, whatever Burnham claims, the single biggest draw to these men (and they are mostly men) is the prospect of a lifetime on benefits at the expense of the British taxpayer - or, for the truly ambitious, working illegally on the black market.
Well, under a Reform government, access to universal credit, housing benefit, free childcare and most non-contributory benefits will be restricted to British citizens only.
Meanwhile, our “Deliveroo Law” will make bosses of large companies personally and criminally liable for profiting from illegal working. We’ll give councils the power to run immigration checks when they inspect premises such as restaurants and domestic properties - and, of course, we’ll end the use of migrant hotels.
Reform UK is also the only party that will close all “resettlement” schemes, which have seen thousands of undeserving people brought here.
Anyone arriving through Labour’s soon-to-be ‘reopened’ routes can expect their right to remain revoked - and to be deported.
Naturally, to achieve much of this, we must leave the European Convention on Human Rights, repeal the Human Rights Act, pass the Illegal Migration (Mass Deportations) Bill and disapply the 1951 Refugee Convention.
Those countries that refuse to take back their own nationals who have illegally invaded our shores will face visa bans or tariffs. In extreme cases we will use third-country deals to deport these people elsewhere.
Finally, we will publish full data on the nationalities of criminal offenders - data that successive governments have disgracefully kept hidden from the British people.
In short, Reform UK will use every organ of the state to make it impossible for people to continue living in our country illegally.
We have now set out the most comprehensive, unapologetic and realistic plan to end the illegal-migration scam and secure our borders.
Time is running out. I challenge Open Borders Burnham to call an election and let voters decide who they want in Downing Street.
In total, more than 200,000 migrants have now sailed across the Channel. If that’s not an invasion, I don’t know what is.
At the moment, whatever Burnham claims, the single biggest draw to these men (and they are mostly men) is the prospect of a lifetime on benefits at the expense of the British taxpayer - or, for the truly ambitious, working illegally on the black market.
Well, under a Reform government, access to universal credit, housing benefit, free childcare and most non-contributory benefits will be restricted to British citizens only.
Meanwhile, our “Deliveroo Law” will make bosses of large companies personally and criminally liable for profiting from illegal working. We’ll give councils the power to run immigration checks when they inspect premises such as restaurants and domestic properties - and, of course, we’ll end the use of migrant hotels.
Reform UK is also the only party that will close all “resettlement” schemes, which have seen thousands of undeserving people brought here.
Anyone arriving through Labour’s soon-to-be ‘reopened’ routes can expect their right to remain revoked - and to be deported.
Naturally, to achieve much of this, we must leave the European Convention on Human Rights, repeal the Human Rights Act, pass the Illegal Migration (Mass Deportations) Bill and disapply the 1951 Refugee Convention.
Those countries that refuse to take back their own nationals who have illegally invaded our shores will face visa bans or tariffs. In extreme cases we will use third-country deals to deport these people elsewhere.
Finally, we will publish full data on the nationalities of criminal offenders - data that successive governments have disgracefully kept hidden from the British people.
In short, Reform UK will use every organ of the state to make it impossible for people to continue living in our country illegally.
We have now set out the most comprehensive, unapologetic and realistic plan to end the illegal-migration scam and secure our borders.
Time is running out. I challenge Open Borders Burnham to call an election and let voters decide who they want in Downing Street.
