The Donald J. Trump administration is like a hurricane blowing through Europe, and nothing is the same, anymore.
And we are not just talking about the trade tariffs – many aspects of Trump’s administration are having a disruptive impact in European political establishments, beginning with the hardcore changes in immigration policy.
Now, we see the UK Labour government trying to look like there are vigorously tackling the matter, and the Home Office, today (10) released videos and photos of foreign criminals and failed asylum seekers being deported from Britain.
These images have been published for the first time – showing that up to five security escorts may be needed for every migrant.
The Telegraph reported:
“In an attempt to show Labour’s tougher approach to illegal migrants, the Home Office has released pictures showing five escorts in high-viz yellow vests with body-worn cameras surrounding a single migrant as he is ushered up the steps onto a chartered plane to be returned to his home country in Europe.
The previously secret, high-security deportation flights have been filmed for the first time as Sir Keir Starmer tries to head off the political threat from Nigel Farage’s Reform UK and demonstrate to a skeptical public that Labour is getting tough on illegal migration.”
The UK images have been released following Trump’s administration having published images of illegals led single file onto a military transport plane.
The US migrants are fitted with chain shackles around their ankles and waist restraints clasping their hands to their bodies.
In the UK, these restraints are only used when dealing with ‘high-risk’ criminals or ‘asylum seekers’ liable to fight back and resist removal.
“The pictures – released as stills and video on the Home Office’s social media channels – show a flight of 47 foreign criminals and failed asylum seekers deported to an unnamed European destination. The video shows a coach that has pulled right up to the plane on the tarmac before each migrant is taken up the steps flanked by at least four escorts.”
The proportional numbers in the UK flights don’t seem to make much sense, as high risk deportees require four escorts, so that a plane with 50 potentially violent migrants would require up to 200 security escorts, besides medics and interpreters.
“Some of the escorts from the private contractor Miti Care and Custody Services wear body-worn cameras to record any assaults and to provide evidence if a migrant subsequently tries to sue for unnecessary use of force. It is understood there have been previous legal claims.”
These long-haul charter flights can take as much as three to four months to plan – and to fight legal challenges.
“The UK images coincided with new data published by Yvette Cooper, the Home Secretary, showing that nearly 19,000 foreign criminals and migrants with no right to remain in the UK have been removed to Africa, Asia, Europe and South America since Labour won the election last July.”
While the Home Office says it is the highest rate of returns since 2018, it is still much lower numbers than needed.
“The unprecedented release of the images coincided with the second reading of Labour’s border security bill, which introduces a raft of counter-terror style measures to combat people smugglers, including a new offence of selling boats and equipment for use by the gangs with a maximum prison sentence of 14 years.”
Tory MP Chris Philp, the shadow home secretary, said this is simply continuing the trend, with only 4 per cent of those arriving by small boats.
Labour is still allowing 96 per cent of illegal small boat arrivals to stay.
Watch: illegal migrants heading into the UK secret deportation flights.
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