Labor is confronted from the left with a recoil for preventing illegal immigrants who get British citizenship.
The Home Office has quietly introduced new rules that mean that someone who is now applying for becoming a British citizen 'is' normally 'is refused' if they 'entered the UK illegally' even if they have received or leaving the refugee status To stay.
The updated guidelines for the 'good character requirement', which was taken into force on Monday, also states that applicants will be rejected if they have made a 'dangerous journey', including by arriving by rubber boat or hidden in a truck.
It was published only a few days after the new Tory leader Kemi Badenoch Labor had called to “delay the track for citizenship” and to make it clear that obtaining a British passport “should be a privilege, not automatic right.”
According to its first major policy, the duration of the time could apply for an indefinite period of time to continue to be doubled to 10 years and residence would be refused to those who claim benefits.
The Tories wants a ban on illegal immigrants who receive citizenship that are written in primary legislation instead of simply being included in guidance that can be suited or changed more easily.
Shadow Home Secretary Chris Philp said: 'Labor only a few days ago claimed that changes in border rules were' unworkable '. But now they dance on our tune with a change in position in which they are forced.
“The conservative party is under new leadership, which is why we are printing our plans to protect the border – why we will bring a hard cap on visa numbers and a work that is scared to prevent criminal gangs from cashing in for human suffering.”
Border Force Escort 50 Migrants to Dover Docks, has on the same day that the government has announced the new rules (12 February)
A view of small boats and outboard engines used by people who are migrants to cross the channel from France in a warehouse facility in Dover, Kent
Shadow Home Secretary Chris Philp speaks in the Lower House in London
The updated guidelines of Labor have led to angry claims of left -wing wings that the government winds to the right in an attempt to go the threat of the Nigel Farage reform, which has now taken the lead in some opinion polls.
Corbynite MP John McDonnell said: “The government denies the citizenship of asylum seekers to admit reform.”
Refugee campaigner Zoe Gardner said it was a 'cynical' appeal to 'anti-migrant voters'.
'In short, this is exactly what the tories did: they don't pretend to be decent, they want to be considered cruel.
'The political class has decided that you do that to win. Labor has become fully members of the club. '
And Labor Backbencher Stella Creasy claimed that the more difficult immigration rules would prevent Paddington Bear from getting a British passport.
She said to the BBC: “What I'm worried about is that this change is actually counterproductive for the message we want to steer about proud of our country and the role it played in supporting that fleeing persecution.”
She continued: 'This is not about whether we offer these people refuge, these people are people who can already stay here. This is about people who are here, who are part of our communities
“In essence, to be honest, Paddington would deny it. Paddington did the same. He passed an irregular route, but we gave him a refuge, but would not give him a passport. '
Last year it turned out that the Home Office had published a passport in the name of the bear, who arrived in the beloved children's book in England after he was stored in a ship from Peru, as a film stop.
