Labour has 'no plan' to deter small boats crossing the Channel, Fuller claims

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Shadow Treasury Minister Richard Fuller has criticised the Labour Government for abandoning the Rwanda scheme while failing to present an alternative deterrent for illegal Channel crossings.Speaking to GB News, Fuller expressed concern about the Government's approach to border security, claiming they have "no plan".FULL STORY HERE.

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00:00Richard, is it from you, Richard, is it like I told you so?

00:06Well, not really. I mean, the big worry is we now have a government, the Labour government,

00:10that doesn't have any plan. There's a realistic deterrence for people crossing the channel and

00:15getting into this country illegally. And the answer was already on paper for them. It was

00:20there as passing legislation, which was the Rwanda scheme. People who come through across

00:25the channel should never have the right to live in the UK. That's the wrong policy. That's the

00:31wrong approach. And the Rwanda scheme was the way to stop that happening.

00:36The government, Heidi Alexander was on for them this morning. And she says, well,

00:39if you're so confident in the Rwanda scheme, then why did you call an early election?

00:45There are lots of questions about why the election was called. I'm concerned with MP,

00:49but that isn't one of them. And I'm afraid Heidi Alexander doesn't know what she's talking about.

00:52And it's interesting, isn't it, that she didn't dispute what the figures are showing. And so the

00:58big question is, why did the new Labour government get rid of the one thing that was demonstrating

01:02that it was a proven deterrent for people going across the channel? And why is it that the government

01:08is not taking more robust action, trying to persuade the French or taking actions that will

01:15encourage the French to be more proactive on the French coastline as well?

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