{"id":7768,"date":"2024-05-31T15:10:10","date_gmt":"2024-05-31T14:10:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.migrationwatchuk.org\/news\/?p=7768"},"modified":"2024-08-12T15:35:40","modified_gmt":"2024-08-12T14:35:40","slug":"immigration-is-a-threat-to-uk-security","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.migrationwatchuk.org\/news\/2024\/05\/31\/immigration-is-a-threat-to-uk-security\/","title":{"rendered":"Immigration is a threat to UK security\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

T<\/em><\/strong>his is a preview of Migration Watch\u2019s free weekly newsletter. Please consider signing up to the newsletter directly,\u00a0you can do so here<\/a>\u00a0and will receive an email copy of the newsletter every Friday and will receive an email copy of the newsletter every Friday as soon as it is released.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A week into the election campaign and very little of consequence has been said about immigration by either Mr Sunak or Sir Kier Starmer, providing an ideal opportunity for Reform to steal a march on both (we doubt there will be much from the LibDems about immigration) by offering a glimpse of what might be in the party\u2019s manifesto.  

Having said he won\u2019t be standing in this election \u2013 but there are those who don\u2019t rule it out (e.g., one Prof. Matt Goodwin in this article<\/a>), Mr Farage has dominated the headlines. We will know soon enough he decides to stand after all; it will certainly liven up what has so far, apart from the Farage interventions, been a fairly lifeless campaign.

His first foray into the campaign was a press conference on illegal immigration, with more than 10,000 illegal Channel-crossers already coming this year. It was perhaps unsurprising, then, that he chose Dover as his backdrop. At the press conference, quoting the Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk, Mr. Farage said:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“The wave – and I’m using his words, not mine – of aggressive young males that are coming into Poland, having crossed the Mediterranean, and he has said that this is now a matter of national security.”<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

As Farage wrapped up his speech, the BBC cut to presenter Geeta Guru-Murthy, who remarked: “Nigel Farage with his customary inflammatory language there, at a Reform UK press conference.” She added, “He declined to stand for a seat but we will have more on what Farage is saying.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Farage questioned on social media \u201cwhat happened to impartiality.\u201d The BBC agreed: Ms Guru-Murthy later apologised to Farage and viewers for her comment, admitting that her language \u201cdidn\u2019t meet the BBC\u2019s editorial standards on impartiality.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The conduct of the BBC was commented upon on social media by the esteemed Andrew Neil, chairman of The Spectator magazine, who said:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“The apology\/correction was necessary and it\u2019s good it was made. But, as is nearly always the case in such incidents, the original infraction speaks volumes about where they\u2019re really coming from.” <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

We entirely agree.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

T<\/em><\/strong>his is a preview of Migration Watch\u2019s free weekly newsletter. Please consider signing up to the newsletter directly,\u00a0you can do so here<\/a>\u00a0and will receive an email copy of the newsletter every Friday and will receive an email copy of the newsletter every Friday as soon as it is released.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This is a preview of Migration Watch\u2019s free weekly newsletter. Please consider signing up to the newsletter directly,\u00a0you can do so here\u00a0and will receive an email copy of the newsletter every Friday and will receive an email copy of the newsletter every Friday as soon as it is released. A week into the election campaign […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[146,1],"tags":[48,109,20],"class_list":["post-7768","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-newsletters","category-uncategorised","tag-asylum","tag-illegal-migration","tag-net-migration"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nImmigration is a threat to UK security\u00a0 - Migration Watch UK<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A week into the election campaign and very little of consequence has been said about immigration by either Mr Sunak or Sir Kier Starmer, providing an ideal opportunity for Reform to steal a march on both...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.migrationwatchuk.org\/news\/2024\/05\/31\/immigration-is-a-threat-to-uk-security\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Immigration is a threat to UK security\u00a0 - Migration Watch UK\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A week into the election campaign and very little of consequence has been said about immigration by either Mr Sunak or Sir Kier Starmer, providing an ideal opportunity for Reform to steal a march on both...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.migrationwatchuk.org\/news\/2024\/05\/31\/immigration-is-a-threat-to-uk-security\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Migration Watch UK\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Migration-Watch-UK-127266704046495\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-05-31T14:10:10+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-08-12T14:35:40+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Migration Watch\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@migrationwatch\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@migrationwatch\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.migrationwatchuk.org\\\/news\\\/2024\\\/05\\\/31\\\/immigration-is-a-threat-to-uk-security\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.migrationwatchuk.org\\\/news\\\/2024\\\/05\\\/31\\\/immigration-is-a-threat-to-uk-security\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Migration Watch\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.migrationwatchuk.org\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/7c048c54116a6d0b625ab0fa06af243b\"},\"headline\":\"Immigration is a threat to UK security\u00a0\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-05-31T14:10:10+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-08-12T14:35:40+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.migrationwatchuk.org\\\/news\\\/2024\\\/05\\\/31\\\/immigration-is-a-threat-to-uk-security\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":473,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.migrationwatchuk.org\\\/news\\\/#organization\"},\"keywords\":[\"asylum\",\"illegal migration\",\"Net Migration\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Newsletters\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.migrationwatchuk.org\\\/news\\\/2024\\\/05\\\/31\\\/immigration-is-a-threat-to-uk-security\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.migrationwatchuk.org\\\/news\\\/2024\\\/05\\\/31\\\/immigration-is-a-threat-to-uk-security\\\/\",\"name\":\"Immigration is a threat to UK security\u00a0 - Migration Watch UK\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.migrationwatchuk.org\\\/news\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2024-05-31T14:10:10+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-08-12T14:35:40+00:00\",\"description\":\"A week into the election campaign and very little of consequence has been said about immigration by either Mr Sunak or Sir Kier Starmer, providing an ideal opportunity for Reform to steal a march on both...\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.migrationwatchuk.org\\\/news\\\/2024\\\/05\\\/31\\\/immigration-is-a-threat-to-uk-security\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.migrationwatchuk.org\\\/news\\\/2024\\\/05\\\/31\\\/immigration-is-a-threat-to-uk-security\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.migrationwatchuk.org\\\/news\\\/2024\\\/05\\\/31\\\/immigration-is-a-threat-to-uk-security\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.migrationwatchuk.org\\\/news\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Immigration is a threat to UK security\u00a0\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.migrationwatchuk.org\\\/news\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.migrationwatchuk.org\\\/news\\\/\",\"name\":\"Migration Watch UK\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.migrationwatchuk.org\\\/news\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.migrationwatchuk.org\\\/news\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.migrationwatchuk.org\\\/news\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Migration Watch UK\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.migrationwatchuk.org\\\/news\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.migrationwatchuk.org\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.migrationwatchuk.org\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/mw-logo-2019.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.migrationwatchuk.org\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/mw-logo-2019.png\",\"width\":309,\"height\":125,\"caption\":\"Migration Watch UK\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.migrationwatchuk.org\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/Migration-Watch-UK-127266704046495\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/migrationwatch\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.migrationwatchuk.org\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/7c048c54116a6d0b625ab0fa06af243b\",\"name\":\"Migration Watch\",\"sameAs\":[\"http:\\\/\\\/www.migrationwatchuk.com\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.migrationwatchuk.org\\\/news\\\/author\\\/mweditor\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Immigration is a threat to UK security\u00a0 - Migration Watch UK","description":"A week into the election campaign and very little of consequence has been said about immigration by either Mr Sunak or Sir Kier Starmer, providing an ideal opportunity for Reform to steal a march on both...","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.migrationwatchuk.org\/news\/2024\/05\/31\/immigration-is-a-threat-to-uk-security\/","og_locale":"en_GB","og_type":"article","og_title":"Immigration is a threat to UK security\u00a0 - Migration Watch UK","og_description":"A week into the election campaign and very little of consequence has been said about immigration by either Mr Sunak or Sir Kier Starmer, providing an ideal opportunity for Reform to steal a march on both...","og_url":"https:\/\/www.migrationwatchuk.org\/news\/2024\/05\/31\/immigration-is-a-threat-to-uk-security\/","og_site_name":"Migration Watch UK","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Migration-Watch-UK-127266704046495\/","article_published_time":"2024-05-31T14:10:10+00:00","article_modified_time":"2024-08-12T14:35:40+00:00","author":"Migration Watch","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@migrationwatch","twitter_site":"@migrationwatch","schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.migrationwatchuk.org\/news\/2024\/05\/31\/immigration-is-a-threat-to-uk-security\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.migrationwatchuk.org\/news\/2024\/05\/31\/immigration-is-a-threat-to-uk-security\/"},"author":{"name":"Migration Watch","@id":"https:\/\/www.migrationwatchuk.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/7c048c54116a6d0b625ab0fa06af243b"},"headline":"Immigration is a threat to UK security\u00a0","datePublished":"2024-05-31T14:10:10+00:00","dateModified":"2024-08-12T14:35:40+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.migrationwatchuk.org\/news\/2024\/05\/31\/immigration-is-a-threat-to-uk-security\/"},"wordCount":473,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.migrationwatchuk.org\/news\/#organization"},"keywords":["asylum","illegal migration","Net Migration"],"articleSection":["Newsletters"],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.migrationwatchuk.org\/news\/2024\/05\/31\/immigration-is-a-threat-to-uk-security\/","url":"https:\/\/www.migrationwatchuk.org\/news\/2024\/05\/31\/immigration-is-a-threat-to-uk-security\/","name":"Immigration is a threat to UK security\u00a0 - Migration Watch UK","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.migrationwatchuk.org\/news\/#website"},"datePublished":"2024-05-31T14:10:10+00:00","dateModified":"2024-08-12T14:35:40+00:00","description":"A week into the election campaign and very little of consequence has been said about immigration by either Mr Sunak or Sir Kier Starmer, providing an ideal opportunity for Reform to steal a march on both...","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.migrationwatchuk.org\/news\/2024\/05\/31\/immigration-is-a-threat-to-uk-security\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.migrationwatchuk.org\/news\/2024\/05\/31\/immigration-is-a-threat-to-uk-security\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.migrationwatchuk.org\/news\/2024\/05\/31\/immigration-is-a-threat-to-uk-security\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.migrationwatchuk.org\/news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Immigration is a threat to UK security\u00a0"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.migrationwatchuk.org\/news\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.migrationwatchuk.org\/news\/","name":"Migration Watch UK","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.migrationwatchuk.org\/news\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.migrationwatchuk.org\/news\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.migrationwatchuk.org\/news\/#organization","name":"Migration Watch UK","url":"https:\/\/www.migrationwatchuk.org\/news\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/www.migrationwatchuk.org\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.migrationwatchuk.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/mw-logo-2019.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.migrationwatchuk.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/mw-logo-2019.png","width":309,"height":125,"caption":"Migration Watch UK"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.migrationwatchuk.org\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Migration-Watch-UK-127266704046495\/","https:\/\/x.com\/migrationwatch"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.migrationwatchuk.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/7c048c54116a6d0b625ab0fa06af243b","name":"Migration Watch","sameAs":["http:\/\/www.migrationwatchuk.com"],"url":"https:\/\/www.migrationwatchuk.org\/news\/author\/mweditor\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.migrationwatchuk.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7768","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.migrationwatchuk.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.migrationwatchuk.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.migrationwatchuk.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.migrationwatchuk.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7768"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.migrationwatchuk.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7768\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7783,"href":"https:\/\/www.migrationwatchuk.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7768\/revisions\/7783"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.migrationwatchuk.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7768"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.migrationwatchuk.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7768"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.migrationwatchuk.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7768"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}