The Refugee Council and Amnesty International have urged Keir Starmer to distance his government from the hard-right immigration policies of Giorgia Meloni, citing the failure of previous schemes as a reason to avoid 'gimmicks'. The pressure comes amid bilateral talks, with backbenchers expressing concerns over seeking lessons from a neo-fascist government, emphasizing the dire consequences of failed policies as eight men recently died attempting to cross the Channel.
Kim Johnson, the Labour MP for Liverpool Riverside, described the agenda for the bilateral meeting with Meloni's government as 'disturbing,' illustrating the gathered concerns among party members regarding the collaboration with Italy, especially given Meloni's controversial and perilous immigration strategies. The discomfort stems from the implications of learning from a government marked by rising nationalism and infamous mismanagement of asylum processes.
[
Collection
]
[
|
...
]