Several Labor-majority councils – including Liverpool and Edinburgh – have decided boycott the plans of the conservative government of Rishi Sunak to shelter immigrants pending asylum application barges installed in ports.
The first barge, with capacity for 500 “residents”arrived this week at the port of Portland, in Dorset, in the south of England, and was greeted by two protests against it: one criticizing the government’s “racism” against refugees and another denouncing the impact that can have in the coastal population of 14,000 inhabitants.
Even so, the Department of the Interior has announced its intention to house the first 50 immigrants on the barge. starting next weekdespite the announcement of new protests and the condemnation of the “inhumane policy” of the Government by the Labor mayor, Carralyn Parkes.
The first barge is currently anchored in the port of Portland awaiting news, while King Charles gave “royal assent” to the new Immigration Law Illegal after overcoming the last obstacle in the House of Lords this week. The law has been harshly criticized por la him for denying the right of asylum to those who arrive illegally to the UK, regardless of their origin or situation.
“There is nothing wrong with putting immigrants on boats and the government must continue to look for ports to accommodate them,” said the Conservative deputy. Adam Holloway. “We’re never going to solve this problem if we don’t manage to deliver on the message: whoever comes here illegally, he won’t be able to stay“.