Sir Keir Starmer has taken a harder line on migration in the past week, but it has relied on a plan to negotiate with the EU. But this might prove difficult following events in the Mediterranean.
Turning the policy spotlight to immigration will always be a risk for a Labour leader, and this week's announcement proved no different.by shifting the emphasis away from earlier suggestions of a"quid pro quo" whereby the UK could potentially take EU migrants in exchange for a returns agreement
Labour sources say their focus is on things like"children who have family in the UK who currently have no safe legal route… and as a result end up on these boats and being exploited by these criminal gangs".Sunday Morning with Trevor Phillips Watch live each week on Sunday at 8:30am on Sky channel 501, Freeview 233, Virgin 602, the Sky News website and app or YouTube.That wasn't as clear earlier in the week and is why the Conservatives have smelt blood.
Labour shadow Cabinet Office minister, Nick Thomas-Symonds, told Sky News last week that"what we are looking to do as an objective is a returns agreement."
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