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Richard Tice has blasted\u00a0Rishi Sunak\u00a0as \u201cinadequate\u201d to deal with the immigration crisis.<\/p>\n
The leader of Reform UK issued a withering assessment of the Prime Minister\u2019s attempts to handle huge migration figures – as well as those of the Conservative Party over the last few years. He argued that \u201cin four separate general elections the Tory party promised to bring down legal immigration numbers\u201d, but statistics show this has not happened.<\/p>\n
He added that \u201cpost-Brexit they changed the rules, not to tighten and reduce immigration but to open the borders and allow a wholly predictable surge.\u201d<\/p>\n
But Mr Sunak, who has recently faced multiple resignations and a storm of criticism over his attempts to get his controversial Rwanda plan through parliament, was the biggest target of Mr Tice\u2019s ire. In an op-ed for the Telegraph, he said the measures put in in place by the PM are \u201chopelessly inadequate for the task\u201d, adding that \u201cRwanda is just a side show\u201d.<\/p>\n
READ MORE <\/strong> Angela Merkel’s allies push for migrant policy like Brexit Britain in shock move<\/strong><\/p>\n The Reform UK leader highlighted that \u201ca city the size of Birmingham, 1.2million people, is arriving every year.\u201d Saying this was \u201cmass immigration by any standard\u201d, he added that previous Government policy had \u201creduced the salary thresholds and opened up the skilled worker criteria to some 800 job titles earning 20 percent less than the average salary.\u201d<\/p>\n Migration to the UK from outside of the EU surged after Brexit, which experts attributed to Boris Johnson\u2019s more liberal stance on immigration.<\/p>\n The former PM\u2019s points-based immigration system lowered the salary and skill thresholds for anyone looking to work in the UK.<\/p>\n Most of the increase were made up of Indian, Pakistani, Nigerian and Filipino workers. There was a 25 percent increase in non-EU migrants in the last year than in 2019, according to the Home Office\u2019s immigration figures, with 239,987 work-related visas granted.<\/p>\n However, Mr Sunak\u2019s current focus appears to be on his Rwanda plan, which he claims will dissuade migrants travelling across the Channel in small boats to claim asylum in the UK.<\/p>\n The Home Office has been the target of criticism for its handling of large numbers of migrants claiming asylum in the UK, particularly surrounding the Manston processing centre.<\/p>\n Mr Tice wrote: \u201cIn 2014, some 87 percent of applications were decided upon within 6 months; now that figure is down to under 10 percent\u201d.<\/p>\n He added: \u201cIf ministers and civil servants cared about fulfilling promises made to voters, this chaos would never have been allowed to mushroom into such a car crash,\u201d and dismissed the Rwanda scheme as nothing more than a \u201cside show\u201d.<\/p>\n Don’t miss… <\/strong> ![](\"https:\/\/cdn.images.express.co.uk\/img\/dynamic\/139\/590x\/secondary\/rishi-sunak-5118082.jpg?r=1702666124144\")
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