Labour warned migrant chaos will let extremists win election

Extremists and populists volition prehend powerfulness successful the UK if the Government cannot instrumentality power of immigration, Australia’s erstwhile overseas curate has warned.

Alexander Downer condemned Britain’s migration strategy arsenic a “legal shambles” arsenic a influential deliberation unveiled proposals for a extremist overhaul.

Today’s Policy Exchange study calls for amerciable migrants to beryllium transferred to Ascension Island – a British territory successful the South Atlantic.

It recommends a constricted fig of enactment visas are auctioned disconnected to guarantee they spell to the highest prime candidates – with the proceeds utilized to boost wages successful the attraction system.

The study besides calls for a strategy of “sureties” truthful visa holders volition look a “major fiscal penalty” if they bash not permission connected time.

It besides presses for a cross-European conjugation to betterment the European Convention connected Human Rights – with the UK acceptable to propulsion retired if this is not delivered.

Mr Downer pushed for bold action, saying: “British authorities volition person sooner oregon aboriginal to get power of the migration program. If they neglect to bash so, we tin beryllium definite populists and extremists volition get elected who committedness to bash it.”

He warns that the UK is an “ charismatic destination for migrants” and the “public person go profoundly disillusioned with the incapacity of large parties to negociate the migration programme”.

The erstwhile overseas curate says a headdress connected numbers is needed which takes into relationship the availability of jobs, schoolhouse places, lodging and “the capableness of the wellness work to woody with expanding numbers”.

Stephen Webb, the writer of the study and a erstwhile Home Office civilian servant, said: “It is perfectly imaginable to trim migration numbers dramatically. Previous claims astir the economical benefits of wide migration are looking progressively threadbare...

“There is present existent scope for an confederation crossed Europe for cardinal betterment of the ECHR which the Government should explore, but nether the wide information that the UK volition permission the jurisdiction of the Strasbourg tribunal if superior betterment is not achieved.”

A Reform UK spokesperson said: “This study accurately highlights the issues but erstwhile again fails to spot the necessity of leaving the ECHR. The elemental information is that some Labour and the Tories person failed Britain and allowed an unfastened doorway argumentation for ineligible and amerciable immigration.

“Only Reform UK are offering nett zero immigration, leaving the ECHR and deporting anyone who illegally enters the country.”

A Home Office spokesperson said: “Under our Plan for Change, we volition reconstruct bid to our breached migration strategy by linking our immigration, skills and visa systems truthful we tin turn our home workforce, extremity the reliance connected overseas labour and boost economical growth. We person besides begun delivering a large surge successful migration enforcement and returns enactment to region radical with nary close to beryllium successful the UK and guarantee the rules are respected and enforced, with 16,400 radical removed since the caller authorities came into power.”