‘DETAIN And DEPORT!’ | Robert Bates Demands Tougher Action on Channel Crossings

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Andy Burnham has been accused of acting as a “recruiting sergeant” for people smugglers by promising to accommodate asylum seekers across a broader range of British communities. Robert Bates, research director at the Centre for Migration Control, criticised Burnham’s suggestion that more affluent areas should “play their part” in housing asylum seekers. He argued that continued accommodation and access to services could serve as incentives for further Channel crossings. Robert also warned that the arrival of increasingly large dinghies showed why a strategy focused primarily on disrupting smuggling gangs would fail, as criminal networks could continually adapt their methods. He said: “What we’ve got is Andy Burnham effectively acting as a recruiting sergeant for the people smugglers and providing them with brilliant marketing material.” Presenter Kevin O’Sullivan declared that Britain had left the era of small boats and entered the age of “Burnham’s big boats”, accusing the Prime M

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