Fox’s first — Britain’s top lawmaker and former home secretary says governments in developed countries need to show “political will” to restrict immigration, both legal and illegal, and voters need “decisive action” from their representatives. , and warned that the global migration crisis will continue. This will be a major issue for voters in the upcoming US presidential election.
Suella Braverman served as UK Home Secretary from October 2022 to November 2023, with chief responsibility for border security and immigration issues.
She advocated lowering overall immigration levels and tougher enforcement of laws related to illegal immigration. She was also a supporter of Brexit.
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She has also been a champion of Britain’s plan to send illegal immigrants to Rwanda, and has fought both inside and outside Cabinet to make it a reality.
British police officers attend a meeting with local residents and police leaders following the announcement of a new police task force to help police tackle grooming gangs in Rochdale, England, April 3, 2023.・Prime Minister Sunak (left) and Home Affairs Minister Suella Braverman. (Phil Noble/Pool/Getty Images)
While there has been a lot of attention to the UK’s illegal immigration crisis, particularly small boats crossing the English Channel, Mr Braverman warned that illegal immigration and legal immigration are two sides of the crisis, and despite successive governments. He pointed out that the number of legal immigrants is much higher and is committed to reducing that number.
“Last year alone, net immigration to the UK exceeded an unprecedented figure of 700,000. And compare this to the 2019 general election, when the Conservative Party in its manifesto We had promised to bring the numbers down,” she said. she said. “Then, as things stand, it was 245,000. And if you go back to 2016, when the Brexit referendum took place, the numbers were much lower even then.”
Regarding the illegal immigration crisis, the government has yet to send planes carrying illegal immigrants to Rwanda, which has an agreement with Rwanda.
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Former Home Secretary Suella Braverman speaks on the Illegal Immigration Bill in the House of Commons in London on March 7, 2023. (British Parliament/Andy Bailey/Photo via AP)
“The premise of the Rwanda plan is based on deterrence. We believe we need to break the human smuggling gang model, which is why tens of thousands of people pay these gangs to illegally transport them. “They’re crossing the Channel and invading the UK. We believe they can stay here,” she said.
“We believe that if they migrate to a third country like Rwanda, they will no longer make the journey in the first place,” she said. “And we modeled it to some extent on what worked in Australia. Australians were able to solve the illegal maritime migration problem by moving people from mainland Australia to Papua New Guinea and Nauru. .And in a fairly short period of time, the number of people entering Australia illegally has fallen dramatically.”
Migrants attempt to cross the English Channel near the Straits of Dover, the world’s busiest shipping lane, off the coast of Dover, England, on September 7, 2020. Bail water in small rubber boats crammed tightly together. (Luke Dray/Getty Images)
But before the plane could take off, activists appealed and the plan was blocked by the European Court of Human Rights and later by the UK Supreme Court for breaching the European Convention on Human Rights. Many conservatives, including Braverman, believe Britain should leave the Charter.
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“My suggestion to the Prime Minister is that we need to withdraw from the European Convention on Human Rights. The elected government of the day, which is tasked with regulating illegal immigration, needs to repeal the Human Rights Act. “We can actually put meaningful border controls in the best interest of the British people,” she said.
Britain is not alone in its struggle with immigration. European Union member states are also struggling to stop illegal immigration and facing backlash over overall immigration numbers.
Meanwhile, the United States is entering the fourth year of a historic crisis on the Mexican border.
A group of suspected migrants are taken to Dover, Kent by the RNLI after a small boat accident in the Channel. (Gareth Fuller/PA Image via Getty Images)
Braverman, who is popular with Conservative voters and could be a future leader of the party, said the world is in a global migration crisis and that “the international community has not necessarily come up with a coherent plan to deal with it.” I don’t think so.” global migration crisis.
“Secondly, I think the other problem is that many of these developed countries simply don’t have the political will necessary to do the essential things to solve these problems. It means they haven’t shown it.”,” she said.
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Migrants walk along the Rio Grande in Eagle Pass, Texas, September 27, 2023. (Benjamin Loewy, Fox News Digital)
Braverman, who was named Sue Ellen at birth after a character on the American TV show “Dallas,” met with Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas when she was Interior Secretary, and said that the immigration issue was a number. He said he believes it will be a major issue in the election. increase.
“The impact on communities around the United States is becoming increasingly urgent. As a result, this issue will be a very big issue in the presidential election. People want solutions. Border control “They want strong action from their elected officials,” she said.
Fox News’ Aubrie Spady contributed to this report.
