Migration Watch UK
August 21, 2024
Responding to Yvette Cooper’s pledge to detain more illegal migrants and carry out a record number of deportations, Migration Watch UK Chairman Alp Mehmet said:
The Home Secretary’s announcement amounts to no more than giving herself a goal of doing a better job of implementing her predecessor’s plan. A few more beds in existing detention centres and recruiting a hundred more staff doesn’t show huge commitment. The criminal gangs will be laughing themselves silly as their bank balances bulge.