Labour has been blasted for trying to blame the deluge of illegal immigrants into Britain on the French.
Minister Phil Woolas said the flood could be stopped if illegals in Calais and other ports were deported to their country of origin.
He said: “These people are economic migrants.
“If they were genuinely fleeing persecution they would seek asylum in France or one of the other EU countries.
“These people are desperate to try to get into this country because of what the people traffickers have told them.”
But critics savaged the immigration minister’s comments as a bid to paper over Labour’s appalling record.
They have been accused of failing to keep the UK’s borders secure and failing to deport illegal migrants that pour through.
Damian Green, 53, shadow immigration minister, said: “The French government, like every government, already has the legal power to detain and remove illegal immigrants, and they do so energetically.”
Trucker Ian Gibson, 54, from Birmingham, has witnessed first-hand the problems around Calais and Cherbourg.
He said: “These are people who have no papers, which is meant to be an offence in itself.
“But once they get into Britain we don’t do anything about it.”
Mr Woolas, 49, insisted the Government was negotiating to bring an end to the surge of immigrants. continues here
Minister Phil Woolas said the flood could be stopped if illegals in Calais and other ports were deported to their country of origin.
He said: “These people are economic migrants.
“If they were genuinely fleeing persecution they would seek asylum in France or one of the other EU countries.
“These people are desperate to try to get into this country because of what the people traffickers have told them.”
But critics savaged the immigration minister’s comments as a bid to paper over Labour’s appalling record.
They have been accused of failing to keep the UK’s borders secure and failing to deport illegal migrants that pour through.
Damian Green, 53, shadow immigration minister, said: “The French government, like every government, already has the legal power to detain and remove illegal immigrants, and they do so energetically.”
Trucker Ian Gibson, 54, from Birmingham, has witnessed first-hand the problems around Calais and Cherbourg.
He said: “These are people who have no papers, which is meant to be an offence in itself.
“But once they get into Britain we don’t do anything about it.”
Mr Woolas, 49, insisted the Government was negotiating to bring an end to the surge of immigrants. continues here
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