Clive Efford

Clive Efford

Labour — Eltham and Chislehurst

Speaking in the House of Commons on 1 September 2025

Debate

Borders and Asylum

Contribution

I welcome my right hon. Friend’s statement, and I commend her for the way she is working with our neighbouring countries to deal with this problem. The approach of the previous Government was basically to stand on the cliffs of Dover shouting abuse across the channel and to tell them that they should keep all refugees and we would take none. Does my right hon. Friend agree that if we are going to provide a solution to this problem, it has to come from the sort of co-operation that she has been working on?

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