Jonathan Gullis has said he believes Labour’s policy on illegal migrants will aid people smuggling gangs instead of deterring people from attempting to cross the Channel.
Mr Gullis said he thought any deal with the EU would be a ‘one in, one out’ policy when what people wanted was ‘zero in and everyone out’.
Speaking on GB News, Jonathan Gullis said: “Labour’s migrant amnesty is in full swing and it’s just very sad to see that people who wanted to see tough action on the borders, wanted us to take back control, wanted us to have that deterrent in Rwanda has suddenly been robbed.
“Labour have lazily assumed that whilst they did indeed, of course, win the election it was a very shallow victory when you look at how many votes across Conservatives and Reform UK, who you know collectively were the most vocal voices for making sure that we had that effective deterrent, who wanted to see us stop the boats.
“And I think it sends the entire wrong message. It will essentially aid and abet the smuggling gangs in their operational model be able to convince thousands more people, to hand over their thousands of pounds, to get in unseaworthy vessels and attempt to come over this country illegally, if they think they have the very high chance of being processed, and therefore the very high chance of being approved to remain.
“Unless Labour is going to suddenly announce they’re going to do returns deals with Iran, with Syria, with Afghanistan, which, let’s be honest, we don’t think it’s going to happen, and nor would it be appropriate for us to send taxpayers money to such countries where they would abuse the human rights of the individuals that we send back.
“Essentially the Rwanda deterrent I believe, would have been very effective, but sadly, we were unable to get it going before the general election. We weren’t able to win the election in order to display what I believe would have happened, which is people getting on planes to Rwanda, a Safe Third Country, to start their lives, and ultimately, would have smashed apart the operational model of the smuggling gangs.
“But that decision by Labour has meant that we now have no effective deterrent. They’re now scrapping the law change, which said that if you come here illegally, you can’t claim asylum.
“So now they’re saying you can [claim asylum]. That aids and abets the smuggling gangs.
“We can also see the fact that it’s all well and good rebranding small boats command. It’s all well and good saying you’ll do another deal with France, which will see, I’m sure more taxpayers may. It’s all well and good saying that you want to use some foreign aid funding down the line in places like the Horn of Africa, where we know some of these migrants have come from.
“But until you tackle the fact that these people are predominantly coming from countries like Syria, like Iran, like Afghanistan, as they’re claiming, the fact that over 80% of them are young, single men.
“Until we realise the reality here, which is that we need to put them on planes, immediately deport them, and whilst they’re waiting this country, they must be detained, not in hotels, not in social housing, but detained so they understand that they don’t have the liberties and freedoms that you and I enjoy because we’re law abiding citizens.
“Until then we’re essentially just opening ourselves up further down the track. And I think that it’s just a very sad day to see that Labour, I think, has this as their biggest weakness.
“And despite all the talk, I think the reality is we’ll just see more and more boats coming over, and very little actually done, apart from tough rhetoric regarding more deals with France, more schemes with Europe.
“It’s been reported that Sir Keir Starmer is open to negotiations with the EU, of us being able to send to the EU, let’s say, an illegal migrant, but then obviously being able to accept one in return.
“What does that do? Absolutely nothing. Because it’s one in, one out, and that’s not what we should be doing. It should be zero in and everyone out who’s come here illegally.”
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