United Kingdom’s Conservative Party leader Kemi Badenoch has proposed five strict changes in the British immigration system against immigrants, saying that the Britain is not a hotel where every dick and harry has unrestricted access to.
In a video published on social media platform X on Thursday, Badrnoch proposed that immigrants who want to secure permanent residency in the UK should only be able to apply for British citizenship after living in the UK for 15 years as against the current requirement of five years.
She said that any immigrants who enter the UK illegally will be banned forever from getting UK citizenship.
Her words: “Britain is our home, it is not a hotel. It is time to tell the truth on immigration and propose real plans to do something about it.
“I want to reduce immigration and make living here actually mean something. We need to change the way our immigration system works.
“I’m announcing that the Conservative Party is going to do the following things differently: If you want to stay in our country permanently and apply for indefinite leave to remain, the time you have to live here before you apply will increase from five years to 10 years.
“You will have to be a net contributor with high enough salary, especially if you want to bring family members with you. And if you have got criminal record, you are banned.
“If you claimed benefits or need social housing, you can’t even apply. We will increase the time before you can apply for a British passport from 12 months to five years. Meaning it will take a minimum of 15 years to start an application.
“If you enter this country illegally or outstay your visa, you will be banned from ever gaining leave to remain or a passport.
“These changes on top of a strict numerical cap on numbers will constitute the most robust changes ever made to our immigration system. Lower numbers secure borders and an immigration system that finally works for the British people.
“This is another step in our plan to control our immigration system.”
Kemi Badenoch became the Conservatives’ new leader and the first Black woman to a head a major British political party in November after winning a leadership contest on a promise to return the party to its founding principles.
Badenoch replaced former Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and has pledged to lead the party through a period of renewal after its resounding defeat at Britain’s July election, saying it had veered towards the political centre by “governing from the left”.
She came out on top in the two-horse race with former immigration minister Robert Jenrick, winning 57 percent of the votes of party members.
Badenoch was born in London in 1980, but spent her childhood living in Lagos, Nigeria, and in the United States, where her mother lectured.
She returned to the UK at the age of 16 to live with a friend of her mother’s due to the deteriorating political and economic situation in Nigeria, which had affected her family.
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