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Labour’s Immigration and Border Policy Under Scrutiny

June 24, 2024
Lawrence Ankutseby Lawrence Ankutse
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France To Intercept Migrant Boats At Sea After UK Pressure

Migrants crossing the English Channel to the UK

Ahead of the United Kingdom’s pivotal July 4, 2024, election, the Labour Party has unveiled an ambitious immigration and border policy. 

Aiming to establish a fair and controlled system while addressing the surge in small boat crossings, Labour’s strategy includes reducing reliance on overseas workers, enhancing domestic skills, and ensuring robust border security.

The Vaultz News spoke with Professor Steven Fielding, an expert in British politics and modern political history with a special focus on the Labour Party, to gain insights into the potential strengths and challenges of Labour’s immigration approach.

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Reducing Reliance on Overseas Workers

Labour’s policy prioritizes reducing reliance on overseas workers by boosting home-grown skills. When asked about the potential challenges of transitioning to a primarily domestic workforce, especially in sectors like healthcare, construction, hospitality, and IT, Professor Fielding highlighted the significant hurdles. 

“The biggest challenge here is that such training will take a long time. It is not anything that will change matters in the short to medium term, i.e., within the first term of a Labour government. Training the British population to fill these vacancies will also take money, money that the government will not have much of. 

“So in the short term, there will still be a reliance on immigrants for too many of these jobs, so immigration will not fall as much as certainly some people want, and the issue will not go away as quickly as Labour would like.”

Professor Steven Fielding

Effectiveness of the New Border Security Command

Also, Labour’s plan includes the creation of a new Border Security Command, comprising hundreds of additional investigators and intelligence agents. 

When asked about the potential effectiveness of this measure compared to current approaches, Professor Fielding was cautiously optimistic about immediate results. 

“This will likely only enhance already existing measures, although Labour does say it will invest more money into such a force and says there will be more cooperation with the French. However, some people question how much difference this will make given the extensive presence of people smugglers. 

“The best metric of success would be a reduction in the number of people coming across the channel, but without other measures, such as creating more legal routes that don’t require people to claim asylum on British soil, I’m not sure how far that can be achieved.”

Professor Steven Fielding

Linking Skills Training with Job Market Needs

Addressing the integration of skills training with job market needs, Professor Fielding pointed out systemic issues that could impede successful implementation. 

“The basic systemic issue that I can think of is that in areas such as social care, pay and conditions have to improve to make them more attractive to the indigenous population.”

Counter-Terror-Style Tactics Against Human Trafficking

Labour’s aggressive approach to combatting human trafficking and smuggling gangs includes using counter-terror-style tactics. 

Professor Fielding acknowledged the potential for unintended humanitarian consequences and stressed the importance of balancing security with humanitarian obligations. 

“Labour is proposing to increase the number of legal routes through which potential refugees can claim asylum. At the moment, there are very few in existence. That would reduce the number of people who feel they have to cross the channel in precarious circumstances.

“I think it will be that rather than increasing authoritarian measures that will have the greatest impact on what is going on in the English Channel at the moment.”

Professor Steven Fielding
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Challenges in Securing International Cooperation

Moreover, regarding the challenges Labour might face in securing effective and cooperative agreements with European countries amidst the current geopolitical climate, Professor Fielding provided a critical perspective.

“The present government says it has increased cooperation with the French authorities, but one has to wonder what incentive the French do have in stopping people crossing the channel because that will then mean they continue to have an issue with such people in France.”

Professor Steven Fielding

He emphasized that until all countries in Europe decide to take a very different approach to this issue, more and more people will be moving north from Africa, the Middle East, and elsewhere for a variety of reasons such as climate change, civil war, and basic persecution. 

These issues have to be tackled at source, “but few countries in Europe and elsewhere seem to want to address that basic problem, to which they are making their own contribution.”

As such, the insights from Professor Fielding shed light on the complexities and challenges that lie ahead for Labour’s ambitious plans.

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