Kim Johnson
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(2 years, 5 months ago)
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Priti Patel
The Nationality and Borders Bill is going through the House right now. As I have always said, we look at all options, and those options are in the Bill. Obviously, if other legislative measures are required, the Government will look at them and bring them forward.
Kim Johnson (Liverpool, Riverside) (Lab)
Does the Home Secretary agree that the narrative on immigration needs to change? As we have heard, 70% of asylum seekers are fleeing from persecution, greater numbers have been risking their lives to cross the channel in flimsy boats, and there has been net negative immigration with more people leaving the country than arriving. Does she agree that proportionately, the UK supports lower numbers than Germany, Spain, Greece and France?
Priti Patel
In the interests of time, I refer the hon. Lady to the new plan for immigration. On page 6, she will see that:
“The UK accepted more refugees through planned resettlement schemes than any other country in Europe in the period 2015-2019”.
That answers her question about the number of people who are coming here.