Lee Anderson has refused to apologise for saying asylum seekers who do not need to be housed on barges ought to “f*** off back to France”.
But the Conservative deputy chairman additionally stated there was “no doubt” the federal government had did not sort out unlawful immigration.
The Tory MP for Ashfield in Nottinghamshire made the comment about asylum seekers after it emerged about 20 of them have been granted a last-minute reprieve from boarding the Bibby Stockholm lodging vessel on Monday.
The charity Care4Calais stated their transfers from resorts have been “cancelled” after legal professionals challenged the choice to maneuver them on to the barge moored off the Dorset coast.
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Asked by Nigel Farage on his GB News present on Tuesday night whether or not he can be apologising for the phrases he used, Mr Anderson stated: “No.”
When questioned by the previous Brexit campaigner about whether or not his use of the “f-word” was in unhealthy style, Mr Anderson replied: “No… it’s borne out of frustration.
“It’s borne out of me being completely livid. It’s not simply me that is being livid, it is my constituents and hundreds of thousands of individuals up and down the nation.”
And when requested if the Conservative authorities had did not sort out unlawful immigration successfully, Mr Anderson stated: “We have failed on this, there is not any doubt about it.
“We said we’re going to fix it, it is a failure. But we have got policies in place – I know it’s a bit hard for the British public at the moment to understand what we’re trying to do with the Rwanda flights, and the change in legislation, the Illegal Migration Bill.
“It appears very sluggish and cumbersome – we’re up in opposition to it, we have got the lefty legal professionals, the human rights campaigners, we have got the charities, every part’s in opposition to us.
“I’m not making excuses, but it’s slowing us down. If we had the whole of parliament behind us I’m sure this would have got through by now.”
Mr Anderson added it makes him really feel “sick” each time a boat carrying migrants crosses the Channel and it makes him “furious” when asylum seekers are housed in resorts and on barges.
He stated: “I’ve been to Calais, I’ve seen these migrants living in one-man tents, living in absolute squalor.
“Then they get right here, we do our greatest, we bend over backwards to place them in respectable lodging, and unexpectedly they get a selection.”
The authorities hopes using the Bibby Stockholm barge and former army bases to deal with asylum seekers will cut back the price of resort payments.
Home Office minister Sarah Dines stated these arriving within the nation by way of unauthorised means ought to have “basic but proper accommodation” and that they “can’t expect to stay in a four-star hotel”.
She claimed resorts have been a part of the “pull” issue attracting folks to the UK.
Mr Anderson stated “grafters” within the oil business who’re “doing a job for this great country of ours” reside on barges and “never complain once”.
He continued: “It makes me sick to the pit of my stomach when these lefty lawyers, the charities, the human rights campaigners, say it’s not good enough.
“If it isn’t adequate, [the asylum seekers] ought to return to France.”
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What have been Anderson’s preliminary remarks?
The Tory deputy chairman had sparked controversy when he advised Express.co.uk: “If they don’t like barges then they should f*** off back to France.”
He added: “I think people have just had enough.
“These folks come throughout the Channel in small boats… if they do not just like the situations they’re housed in right here then they need to return to France, or higher not come in any respect within the first place.”
Downing Street defended his use of the “f-word” when speaking about asylum seekers.
When asked if this view represented the government, Number 10 pointed to comments made by Justice Secretary Alex Chalk, who said the “indignation” of Mr Anderson was well placed.
“The justice secretary was talking on behalf of the federal government. That is the response,” the spokesperson advised Sky News.
Source: information.sky.com”