The British would prefer “a more Starmerite approach to immigration,” a poll released on Sunday suggests. A survey carried out for British Future found that half of respondents would approve of a new humanitarian visa for people with a strong asylum claim or links to the UK. This scheme could enable up to 40,000 such arrivals each year, according to the organisation, which describes itself as “an independent, non-partisan think tank and registered charity, engaging people’s hopes and fears about integration and immigration, identity and race.
” It also found 62 percent of those polled support greater integration for asylum seekers, particularly aimed at improving English language skills so everyone in the country is fluent by 2035. The survey of 2,502 adults between July 5 and July 8 found half the public would “approve of a new approach to the small boats issue, through a new humanitarian visa allowing a capped number of 40,000 people with a strong asylum claim or links to the UK to come safely to Britain to claim asylum – undermining the business model of people smugglers.” Just 16 percent would disapprove, according to polling by Focaldata for British Future.
Around 62 percent said they would support an annual debate in Parliament on migration, in a similar fashion to the Budget. Two-thirds of respondents said the government should process the applications of people who have arrived in the UK seeking asylum, to decide if they are entitled to stay here as ref.
