In his speech at the Labor Party, Shaban Mahmood presented a number of new conditions that migrants must meet in order to gain the right to unlimited stay in the country.
According to the proposal, legal migrants will have to learn the English high level, have pure criminal records and volunteer in their community to receive permanent residence status.
Labor claims that this policy makes a clear distinction between their party and reform UK, which wants to abolish unlimited residence.
The main topic of the Labor Party Conference is opposition to the UK reform, which currently leads to national surveys across the UK.
In his first speech as the Minister of the Interior, Mahmood said that the story of British progress as “open, tolerant and generous place” became disputed.
Mahmood said that her wide definition of patriotism “turns into a little less, something that looks like ethno-nationalism.”
To stop it, she said the Labor government must “understand why so many people feel that this country does not work in their favor.”
“If we don’t answer this challenge, our vision open, tolerant and generous land will fade,” Mahmood said.
She said that the working class would turn to Labor “and look for comfort in false promises of” Pharage Party.
She added that the challenge is not just to win the next election, but also hold the country together and fight for “our belief in more Britain, not less England.”
Migration issues via La Manche and the total number of immigrants in recent years have been the central themes of her speech.
Mahmood promised to “do whatever it takes to protect our borders.”
Confirmation plans for unlimited residence, Mahmood said that changes would “ensure that the country’s contribution is a living here.”
Mahmood’s speech combined personal and political, with references to her growing up and origin.
Speaking about the experience of their parents who came to the UK, she claimed that the acceptance of migrants depends on their contribution to the local community.
She also told her experience when she worked for a daughter as a child in a family store and was a victim of theft, which motivated her to fight theft resolutely.
“I know the stealing isn’t ‘a small’ offense,” Mahmood said.
“I know what a feeling of keeping a cricket stick under the counter – just in case.”
The Minister announced the “Winter Action” campaign in the fight against theft in the shops, during which the police will cooperate across the country with local businesses.
Mahmood listened to politely, with some applause, but she told them, “In solving this crisis, you may not always like what I do.”
“We will have to reconsider some beliefs and legal frameworks that last for generations.”
Her target was not only the delegates of the conference, but also voters who consider to support the reform UK. Mahmood believes that the Ministry of the Interior must be more determined in reducing the number of migrants – both legal and illegal.
Currently, migrants can apply for unlimited stays after five years, which gives them the right to live constantly, working and studying in the UK.
Labor planes to double that period at five for ten years, and consultations have already been announced in May as part of a broader package measures to reduce migration.
Ministers want migrants to prove that they have integrated into British society if they want a permanent residence.
This includes conditions such as payment of contributions for national insurance, incoming social assistance and engagement in local communities.
Labor says that some foreigners could receive the right to permanent residence before, depending on their contributions or skills.
According to Migration Observatory, about 4.5 million people have the status of unlimited stays, including approximately 430,000 people outside the EU.
Reform UK says to abolish unlimited residence and introduce visas that would require migrants – including those who already have that status – re-apply every five years.
Labor claims to make workers who contribute to the UK decades for decades to leave their homes and families.
On Sunday, Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer said that the policy of the UK reform “is racist” and “immoral” in the BBC interview.
Finance Minister Rachel Reeves repeated his statement on Monday. For the BBC said that people who were illegally in the country “should be sent home”, but that “quite another thing” to expel those who live legally and work in the UK.
“These policies are racist and we will call them to such,” she added.
In response, the UK Reform Leader Nigel Farage said for Daily Express that Labor “do not believe in border control” and that the prime comments are “desperate attack”.
Zia Yusuf, Head of the UK Reform, told the BBC Breakfast that people have “completely legitimate immigration concerns” and that they are smart to know if they vote for the politics that the starter is called racist, what does he think of them? “
(Vijesti.ba)
