The two main parties have revealed their immigration policies ahead of the general election on 4 July.
Immigration is one of the key battlegrounds of the 2024 general election for all the parties. Labour released its strategy for immigration on Sunday as Sir Keir Starmer pledged to slash levels of migration to the UK. Both parties have promised to cut net migration levels - the number of people coming from overseas minus the number leaving - but neither has said by how much.
They placed asylum seekers on a large barge to stop the sizeable hotel bills building up by housing them there. The Rwanda policy is aimed at clearing that backlog and ensuring it does not grow. Labour The Labour Party would hire 1,000 more caseworkers to create a 'Returns and Enforcement Unit' to address the 40% fall in asylum removals since 2010. They would employ civil servants in the UK and abroad, with overseas officials negotiating returns agreements.
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