{"id":121425,"date":"2023-11-22T12:11:02","date_gmt":"2023-11-22T12:11:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leviolonrouge.com\/?p=121425"},"modified":"2023-11-22T12:11:02","modified_gmt":"2023-11-22T12:11:02","slug":"lee-anderson-says-illegal-migrants-should-be-sent-to-beautiful-orkney-islands","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leviolonrouge.com\/politics\/lee-anderson-says-illegal-migrants-should-be-sent-to-beautiful-orkney-islands\/","title":{"rendered":"Lee Anderson says illegal migrants should be sent to ‘beautiful’ Orkney Islands"},"content":{"rendered":"

Lee Anderson refuses to apologise for migrant comment<\/h3>\n

Lee Anderson has said the Government should send illegal migrants to the Orkney Islands while waiting for their asylum applications to be processed.<\/p>\n

The Tory Deputy Chairman was responding to reports ministers had previously considered sending migrants to the Falkland Islands.<\/p>\n

Mr Anderson said he had mentioned such a scheme to Boris Johnson about two years ago \u201cand he smiled at me\u201d.<\/p>\n

However, he now thinks such a solution would not be fair on the South American islanders.<\/p>\n

He told GB News: “But I don\u2019t think it\u2019s fair on the Falkland Islands, to be honest; they don\u2019t want these illegal migrants going down there.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThere\u2019s a better option: We can keep them on British soil if you like. We\u2019ve got the Orkneys or some remote Scottish island. I know it\u2019s a bit parky up there this time of year.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut if people are genuinely escaping war or persecution then a nice Scottish island with a few outbuildings would be suitable.\u201d<\/p>\n

He joked that the UK is \u201cbeautiful\u201d and parts of Scotland are a go-to destination, adding: \u201cI\u2019d like to be able to afford a place up there.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf we can get some accommodation up there, keep these people safe \u2013 these people want to be safe, they\u2019re fleeing so-called persecution from these war-torn countries. If we can put them on a nice, safe island in the North of Scotland, job done.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf we can find an island in the Orkneys or up there that\u2019s got no one on there to start off with, put some decent accommodation on, then it\u2019s job done.<\/p>\n

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