The Left’s shameful sneers at migrants crisis plan

THE liberal elite of this country often claim to be horrified by objections to unlimited migration. They have many responses.

The first is to pretend that unregulated immigration is not taking place on any significant scale. The work of Migration Watch has largely put paid to that line of argument. The facts are that large-scale migration is a significant cause of social change and has severe costs.

When that case fails, they like to insinuate that opponents of mass migration are racial bigots, a charge which can be made without evidence in most places, as ‘progressive’ media will endorse and amplify it.

Finally, they refuse to accept that many economic migrants are arriving here claiming, with little evidence, to be seeking asylum from persecution.

One effect of this controversy has been a cruder-than-necessary division on the issue. Any intelligently run nation welcomes some controlled migration, which brings talent in and helps to overcome labour shortages.

Just as we welcome those who have good reason to come here, we reserve the right to refuse those who have no such claim or who have criminal pasts which make them undesirable. As the Home Secretary, Suella Braverman, says: ‘It cannot be right that thousands of people are paying smugglers to make a lethally dangerous journey across the Channel before disappearing into the black economy or seeking financial support from taxpayers.’

Rather than sneering at Ms Braverman, responsible people should support her in upholding law, fairness and sovereignty by regaining control of our beaches and borders.