Labour: Braverman has given up on fixing asylum chaos

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Labour shadow home secretary Yvette Cooper said Suella Braverman "has given up on fixing the Tories' asylum chaos" and is "looking for anyone else to blame".  Whilst on a visit to the US, Suella Braverman called on politicians to consider whether international refugee rules are "fit for our modern age" or are in need of reform.   Report by Covellm. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn

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00:00 The Home Secretary has totally failed to tackle the Tories' asylum chaos.

00:06 So she's ramping up the rhetoric and looking around for someone else to blame.

00:11 The failure to go after the criminal gangs, the failure to stop dangerous boat crossings

00:15 increasing, the failure to end the hotel use or clear the backlog in the asylum system

00:21 all lie with the Conservative government, not with international arrangements.

00:26 Really, she should be getting a grip of her own failures here at home rather than simply

00:31 swanning around and trying to find other people to blame abroad.

00:36 In this country I think most people want to see strong border security and also a properly

00:41 controlled and managed immigration system because that's important for our country and

00:46 it's why the UK needs to do our bit to help those who have fled persecution and conflict

00:52 and also make sure that those who are not refugees are returned.

00:56 But we don't have any of those things under the Tories.

00:59 Instead what we've got is total chaos in the system and a Home Secretary who sadly, instead

01:05 of getting a grip, just ramps up the rhetoric and tries to blame everyone else but herself.

01:10 That's just deeply damaging to this country.

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