Independent Readers suspect Shabana Mahmood Vow to suspend the visa For those countries that refuse to withdraw asylum seekersBackfire policy risks with several warnings and harm Britain more than its goals.
Many said that small boat arrival is a part of the overall MigrationLegal Visa Driving in large numbers.
Many highlighted the contradiction of targeted countries IndiaPakistan and Bangladesh, who supply necessary NHS Staff, warning that the ban will cause more damage to Britain than in source countries.
Others said that visa sanctions can put pressure on small, aid-free countries, but rarely work against major powers, which can retaliate or ignore such dangers.
I was also angry Labor Generally, critics accused the pandering party for improvement.
A minority returned Mahmud’s hard rhetoric, but many dismissed the policy as a weak bluff, which would mainly damage the UK economy and care system.
Some readers also called for difficult measures, including forcing foreign governments to pay for the cost of appeal, welfare and repatriation, or housing migrants, unless housing abroad migrants abroad.
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Small boat will not change crossing numbers
Although this would be a visible indication that something is actually being done if the small boat was to stop crossing, it will make a slight difference in migration figures as the UK releases a huge number of visas for further education, efficient and low-skilled workers, many of whom are even after the end of their visa, or only a few can apply for a few dysfunctions- as well as the dignitaries.
It is difficult to see that further visa ban on countries does anything to stop illegal migrants, but clearly further education depends on the providers and businesses on cheap migrant labor. Why does labor insist that maximum difference will be made … change?
Topsham1
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Self-help
Many of the countries that are flagged for blocking or delaying the exile of illegal migrants are also a major source of legal migrants, especially in the UK healthcare sector.
India is the largest non-UK source of NHS doctors so far. Bangladesh and Pakistan also contribute to a significant number of doctors and nurses. Nepal is a major supplier of care workers in both NHS and private care houses.
So when the UK depends a lot on these countries to fill the essential NHS and care jobs, they are also the worst when it comes to cooperating on the returns of their citizens who have overstated the visa, rejected the claims of the refuge, or committed crimes.
The Home Secretary has now openly stated that the visa route, such as healthcare work visas, may be banned or suspended for countries that do not withdraw orders to remove their citizens.
Britain is threatening to suspend visas for doctors, nurses or care workers from countries like India or Bangladesh, essentially a self-imprisoned punishment. These countries do not need the UK to take their deports, but the UK needs its skilled workers to run the NHS and care sector.
So the argument becomes absurd: “If you do not take back your overstier, we will stop hiring your nurses.” This source does not hurt the country much, it damages the UK hospitals and care houses. This is a weak danger until the UK is not ready to take the economic and social hit that is usually not.
The US and the European Union have also tried similar leverage, such as visa restrictions – but it rarely works when the other side holds labor supply. In this case, the UK is effectively saying, “Do what we want or we will block those who are in dire need,” which makes it look frustrated and strategically inconsistent.
Emiliaportic
Countries should take full responsibility
This is a beginning, but does not go almost far away. Countries need to be forced to take full legal responsibility for their citizens when they come into a country illegally. If an Indian illegally comes to Britain or is more, Indian Government In India, one should take responsibility by making arrangements and payments for its repatriation. If illegal appeals, the Government of India should fund that appeal, housing and welfare cost until the appeal is completed. If someone commits a crime in an illegal Britain, he should be imprisoned in his country.
It is completely bizarre that the host nation will have to pay these costs. If someone refuses to provide proof of illegal citizenship, they should go to jail until they do.
Sagia
We are obsessed with general knowledge
We had 43,000 asylum by small boats in the year in June 2025.
For good claims, more than half will be found on inquiries and will be allowed to live. The rest will be deported (and if we prepare the processing of claims, as we need, they will be exiled more quickly).
In 2024, Germany received the largest number of refuge applicants among the European Union countries (250,550), followed by Spain (166,145), Italy (158,605), and France (157,460).
In contrast, 948,000 legal The migrant came to the UK in 2024.
We are all obsessed with general knowledge.
Stevil
A bully equipment
Visa ban “work” with its own limited leverage against the best, aid-dependent, poor states.
Countries such as Cambodia, Eritrea, Guinea, Sierra Leone, or Gambia rely a lot on remittances and international goodwill, so when the UK, US or European Union squeezed the visa reaching the visa, it works hard to elite and ordinary families. It makes more likely to give to governments.
But against large or strategically important countries – India, China, Nigeria, Türkiye – this is a different story.
They can push back, retaliate with their own restrictions, or simply ignore the pressure.
The US has tried to threaten India with Section 243 (D) sanctions for years on exile issues, but New Delhi never really bowed because the US increases the relationship a lot.
So yes, it can “work” in narrow matters, but it is not a universal stick. It is like a bully tool for weak states, not a serious liver against major powers.
Molli
Nothing will change under Echr
This is a lot of rhetoric, but can she really do anything enough? I am not scared. To send back people for him, he must fulfill the obstacles that will surely be made by the Left and Industrial Biradri at their party. Immigration Advocate.
Nothing will change until the ECHR has power in the UK. Cooper went away, so it would be replacement. They can clean the entire department, nothing will change.
I remember how Jacqueline Smith, who is currently in the cabinet, hounds the Gorkhas, the brave men who fought for this country. None of today’s leftist bleeding heart came to help the brave veterans. This required an actress, Jona Lumli, so that Gordon Brown’s government could get justice for the gurks to fight Gordon Brown, including Jacqui Smith. Labor is ready to be on the wrong side of fence and history at any time. They have not changed – they will listen to their leftist core and do nothing on the boats, as a party, they are not just for rights.
Krispad
Starmer has no faith
The stormer is not a politician. They have no opinion or trust or policies, so they have to try that it looks popular, in the hope that it can help in their disappointing unpopular data. So he told his MPs that to copy what the UK Limited is making, the #Onetermstarmer sings with the same bhajan sheet to win another election from his boss Netanyahu and Jewish lobby, who put him in power in the first place.
By improving the improvement, he will find that he loses millions of civilized voters and thus helps to improve the next election, in which the dog helps all of us.
Fenwuman
Refugee
Therefore, for those taking shelter because they are being persecuted in their country, our solution is to hand over them back to their oppressors. ~ Ms. Mahmud did well.
Why so many children of immigrants go into politics to make their best performance to ensure that no one follows them for this evicted isle.
Bar7
the more the merrier
It is difficult to believe that we have continued to give visas in countries that refuse to withdraw their own citizens!
For the last 25 years, the government’s true immigration policy has been settling: more, meriyar.
Ian Robinson
An empire
Is he related to Trump? Threatening against other countries like they still have an empire? It is not about illegal migration, but about asylum seekers and refugees, both are preserved by international law that we are signed.
Ladycrumpsall
Solve boat problem
There is nothing that is pandering far away. The so -called “boat problem” can be easily solved by allowing refugees to refuge applications before going to the UK. Only in Britain forces refugees to find a path to the UK to process them.
Aneurysm
We will be the one who will suffer
If the visa system is cut with countries, the refugee return plan is not admitted, who is suffering? We do This means that not only we will refuse to give shelter to those who migrate for war and harassment, but we will not give visas to the workers whom we need in dire need.
Lils
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