EXCLUSIVE: Footage of asylum seekers partying inside the former base has sparked fury.
Broadcaster Carole Malone has reacted with fury to exclusive footage of asylum seekers partying and fighting inside a former military base, warning that she “can see a civil war happening”. Ms Malone slammed the video, which featured groups of males singing and dancing in a common room at RAF Wethersfield in Essex, complete with a disco ball and glittering lights.
Speaking on The Daily Expresso podcast, she suggested that the scene resembled “a holiday camp or a Butlins”. A migration boss said the clip obtained by the Express “lay bare the reality behind our asylum system”.
Ms Malone also said Labour was unlikely to back Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood’s new hard-line migration plans, warning that she would be “dumbed down” by her party’s “idealistic dreamworld”. “Britain’s like a tinderbox,” she added.
“I can see a civil war happening. I’ve never been as fearful as I am now. Our hospitality has been preyed on. We’ve been made to feel like mugs.”
“People have come here illegally, who have done nothing but are getting perks and privileges,” Ms Malone continued.
“Meanwhile, veterans are sleeping on the streets. Economically, it’s unsustainable for us.”
Keir Starmer has been told that a ‘civil war’ is in the offing (Image: Getty/Stop Wethersfield Buses)
She said Ms Mahmood’s Denmark-inspired asylum reforms were on the right track but added that “the idiots in her party who don’t want to control illegal migration” would limit the progress she could make.
“They say it’s disgraceful [to object to illegal migration] but I think they’re disgraceful and shameful. Good on her for having a go – if they don’t manage to make it work, they won’t get re-elected.”
Shabana Mahmood unveiled asylum reforms on Monday (Image: Getty)
It comes after Ms Mahmood set out changes to the asylum system on Monday, which will see refugee status become temporary and subject to review every 30 months.
Children born in the UK to refugee parents could still be deported under the reforms, it has been reported.
Refugees will also only be able to apply for permanent settlement after 20 years, instead of five years currently.
After each review, they could be forced to go home if their country is deemed safe.
Plans to deport asylum seekers who have their claims refused, including families with children, will also apply to children born in the UK where their parents have no right to be in the country.
