Post by borgr0 on Aug 22, 2024 6:13:21 GMT
A senior human rights activist has accused Whitehall of “reheating” old messaging after the Home Secretary announced a crackdown on organised immigration crime.
Steve Valdez-Symonds, Amnesty International’s refugee and migrant rights programme director, described Yvette Cooper’s new package as “dismaying”, and warned a “securitised” approach could put off genuine asylum seekers from crossing borders if they needed to.
Conservative shadow home secretary James Cleverly said he welcomed the Labour Government’s promise to pump more resource into the National Crime Agency (NCA), but urged ministers to be more ambitious with their plans to drive down cross-Channel migration.
Steve Valdez-Symonds, Amnesty International’s refugee and migrant rights programme director, described Yvette Cooper’s new package as “dismaying”, and warned a “securitised” approach could put off genuine asylum seekers from crossing borders if they needed to.
Conservative shadow home secretary James Cleverly said he welcomed the Labour Government’s promise to pump more resource into the National Crime Agency (NCA), but urged ministers to be more ambitious with their plans to drive down cross-Channel migration.
Irish Times
