Many people believe that, besides stopping illegal migration with boats, overall immigration should be substantially reduced.
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Summary of Policy from Restore Britain
The following is a summary of this page from Restore Britain.
- Net negative immigration
Significantly more migrants must leave than enter, prioritizing the departure of non-integrating, non-working, or law-breaking foreign nationals. - Introduce the red list
Nationals from high-risk countries face stricter visa checks and barriers, with non-cooperative countries facing penalties like visa suspensions. - Block the Boriswave
Overhaul Indefinite Leave to Remain to limit benefits access and boost emigration, easing pressure on public services. - Fairer spouse visas
Simplify spouse visas for genuine relationships from non-Red List countries, requiring English fluency and financial independence. - Deport rape gang collaborators
Non-British nationals who enable or cover up rape gang abuse face automatic deportation, with no cultural or religious excuses. - Fix the Afghan failure
Relocate Afghan nationals from emergency schemes to safe third countries, ensuring Britain is not a permanent destination. - Abolish indefinite leave to remain
Replace ILR with strict, time-limited residency based on work, tax contribution, and good character, applied retroactively. - Deport all illegal migrants
Remove all illegal migrants, costing billions annually, particularly those involved in crimes like sexual exploitation. - Close the migrant hotels
End taxpayer-funded hotels for illegal migrants, replacing them with secure detention or offshore facilities until deportation. - Use tents, not hotels
Establish austere, modular tent facilities for illegal migrants, ensuring mandatory detention and swift deportation. - Power to local people
Require binding local referendums for migrant accommodation, empowering residents to block facilities and protect community resources.
Summary of SDP policy on immigration
The following are shortened versions of their policies which can be viewed here.
- Britain’s immigration policy must be skills-based, needs-based, legal and subject to democratic control.
- We will withdraw from the 1951 UN refugee convention, the ECHR and all other international instruments which deny UK border sovereignty.
- We will reduce net migration to 50,000 per annum and promote a generation long ‘mass immigration pause’ in the interests of integration and social cohesion.
- All unsolicited asylum applications via breaches of the UK border will be declined.
- A foreign spouse of a UK citizen will not qualify for UK residence if there is evidence that the marriage was entered into primarily to obtain admission to the UK.
- No person will be offered UK citizenship unless they have spent 7 years resident in the UK with ‘probationary leave to remain’ (PLR) status.
- Study visas will be cut by half to approximately 250,000 per annum and only allocated to students with places at accredited universities and colleges.
- Exit checks at all UK points of departure will be reinstated and matched with visa entry data to ensure that overstay is tracked and prevented.