Immigration - Who Controls Our Borders?

At the moment the EU controls our borders and we protect them. This is neither fair nor sensible to those already residing in the UK. A countries border is a sign of its sovereignty but more importantly it allows a nation to protect itself from undesirable people and undesirable objects.

With two masters in the form of the EU and the British Government, how can the border force protect our nation with what will be competing instructions? UK borders and immigration levels should be controlled by the British government.

We as a nation should have the right to protect our borders, but we should also be able to decide who to allow in to our country, who should be extradited and who should be deported and the only way we can do this is by controlling our own borders.

The systems currently in place are bureaucratic, overly complicated and we can only restrict movements in to our country from those who reside outside of the EU. Whilst measures can be put in place to deport someone who is not fit to reside in the UK, it is easier to keep people out rather than admit then and then spend months trying to deport them.

Recent examples have shown how hard it can be to deport individuals wading through the various legal battles, appeals and counter appeals, all while the individual who is unfit to reside in the UK remains in the UK, which certainly defeats the object of deporting them.

We would look to strengthen our immigration system. We would look to retain the current point scoring system that operates within the UK, but we would also look to have an ‘exceptional circumstances’ clause, which allows those who fall outside the scope of the point scoring system to show that there are exceptional circumstances why they should be allowed to enter the UK. In essence the ‘exceptional circumstances’ clause would be assessed individually by a team of Senior Immigration Officers and it would be up to the individual to show that they would bring benefit to the UK.

Asylum seekers would still be permitted entry to the UK providing that they can show that being deported to their country would put them at risk from serious harm or death. The individual circumstances of each case would be objectively looked at by a panel of Senior Immigration Officers. In addition to this, each asylum seeker will not be entitled to make any benefit claims, however they will be permitted to work upon entering the UK.

Finally, one thing that appears to make no sense to me is people who fail to register with their local immigration office. When an individual enters the UK, the immigration service may add reporting conditions to their application. Reporting conditions are a requirement placed on an individual to register their current address with the immigration service and to report to their local immigration service centre on a set basis to ensure that the immigration service know where they are staying.

Certain individuals refuse to abide by the reporting conditions and eventually become overstayers. When an overstayer is located by the Police or immigration service, they are initially arrested, released and then trusted to make their way to London to register with the immigration service.

Unsurprisingly a number of individuals seeking immigration fail to attend at the London immigration centre and remain in the UK illegally.

Such a system is ridiculous and bound to fail because the people who don’t abide by reporting conditions surely have no intention to report to the London immigration centre where they risk being deported and so they go on the run. If they are found again then they risk being arrested again and either detained and deported or asked once again to attend the London immigration centre.

We plan to keep our eye firmly on those who fail to report and overstay. Those who fail to report, when located by the Police/Immigration Service, will be detained and immediately deported. When they are back in their own country they can continue to make their immigration claim from there.

If circumstances do not permit the person to be deported due to the risk of serious harm or death, then that person will be detained pending their asylum claim. Their claim will be fast tracked and if their claim fails then they will be deported, but if their claim is successful they will be released and offered British Citizenship. If they do not wish to remain in custody whilst they are having their claim assessed then they will be offered deportation whilst their claim is heard.

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