Brexit: Johnson says UK has opportunity to expand horizons<\/p>\n
The UK began a new relationship with the EU last week when the Brexit transition period ended.During the transition Britain remained subject to the blocs rules as a member of the single market and customs union.<\/p>\n
But at 11pm on December 31, this ended. The UK and EU now cooperates under a free trade deal.<\/p>\n
Writing in the Telegraph, Mr Farage said that reducing immigration into the UK remains a key issue for Tory voters.<\/p>\n
The former MEP said he saw a problem with Home Secretary Priti Patels claims on immigration.<\/p>\n
He added: Indeed, 2021 is not even a week old and already the first illegal immigrants have arrived at the Port of Dover.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Mr Farage went on to blast the celebrity do-gooders and lefty lawyers who signed an open letter in November calling for a deportation flight to Jamaica to be cancelled.<\/p>\n
He said: Convinced of the evil intent of the government following the Windrush scandal, these celebrities and politicians managed to help prevent some of the deportations from going ahead.<\/p>\n
Mr Farage acknowledge that Ms Patel understands the importance of border controls.<\/p>\n
He said in 2020, the official number of people coming to these shores via inflatable dinghies reached 8,500.<\/p>\n
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Last week, Ms Patel pledged to use \"even tougher powers to keep this country safe and protect our homeland security\" after the UK left the EU.<\/p>\n
Writing in the Telegraph, she said the Brexit deal \"gives our police and security services the tools and partnerships to help keep the public safe\".<\/p>\n
She added: \"And having left the EU means we can give these agencies stronger powers to keep this country safe.<\/p>\n
That includes banning foreign criminals who have served more than a year in jail from entering the UK.<\/p>\n
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Ms Patel also pledged to crack down on illegal immigration and reform the broken asylum system.<\/p>\n
However, Mr Farage said the home secretary faces a problem now that the UK no longer deals with asylum claims under the Dublin regulation.<\/p>\n
This regulation allowed British authorities to return people who had previously claimed asylum in another EU member state.<\/p>\n
Mr Farage said: The problem for Patel is that, Britain leaving the EU, the Dublin regulations have expired and have not been replaced with anything else.<\/p>\n
The French have successfully stalled us, so what will the British government do?<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
It could simply return to France those who arrive in the UK illegally, but I see a legal problem here too.<\/p>\n
He explained that the UK has agreed to remain part of the European Human Rights act.<\/p>\n
If the UK violates terms under the European Human Rights act, the whole of the trade agreement could be terminated by the EU\" according to Mr Farage.<\/p>\n
He added: This is the mess in which Britain now finds itself.<\/p>\n
As things stand, the government will continue to face legal challenges if it tries to deport convicted criminals and the cross-Channel migrant route will be as busy as it was last year.<\/p>\n
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