Keir Starmer has promised to significantly reduce “sky high” migration numbers if Labour wins the next election.
The Labour leader emphasized that last year’s net migration figure of 685,000 “has got to come down” and vowed to “control our borders and ensure British businesses are helped to hire Brits first.”
Starmer criticized successive Conservative governments for failing to fulfill their promises to cut migration numbers. However, his pledge has sparked backlash from sections of his own party.
Both Starmer and his shadow home secretary, Yvette Cooper, have refused to set a specific target or timeline for their plans. Cooper also did not rule out the possibility of sending asylum seekers abroad to have their claims processed, a move which, unlike Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s Rwanda plan, would not necessarily be a one-way ticket.
