which values immigration - all of which requires public confidence in the border control system. Rhetoric, and harsh and expensive distractions like temporary refugee status, won't impact dangerous crossings. A relentless focus on workable solutions will.

Check out my interview in The Guardian.

people seeking asylum should apply before they get here, not come on a small boat. I agree with her. The UK-France pilot is making this happen. It needs to be prioritized, scaled up and replicated with other EU partners.

The Britain I want to live in is a welcoming, compassionate country... 2/3

..work as it should - by cutting initial decision delays and the appeals backlog, sorting out asylum accommodation, making the UK-France deal work, removing those whose claims fail etc.

The Government must think again on this.

The Government is wrong to think that reviews of safety in the person's country every few years will mean refugees can be returned at scale. That hasn't happened in Denmark. Brutal dictators tend to hang onto power. It would just move huge amounts of resource away from making our asylum system...

We absolutely need immigration controls. And where those controls decide to grant asylum, we should welcome and integrate, not create perpetual limbo and alienation.

The rhetoric around these reforms encourages the same culture of divisiveness that sees racism and abuse growing in our communities.

The whole speech was built on nonsense; on the same flawed Brexit logic.

The PM has made it clear that the UK will never withdraw from the ECHR under Labour. May that long be the case.

#ECHR #Farage #Britishvalues