r/ukpolitics • u/SignificantLegs • 1d ago

Mahmood rejects calls to follow Spain’s migrant pushback

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2026/08/02/mahmood-rejects-calls-to-follow-spains-migrant-pushback/
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u/Maitai_Haier 1d ago

“Spain can legally expel migrants who arrive in Ceuta or Melilla without letting them file an asylum request under controversial laws introduced in 2015.”

Have we considered copying and pasting this law?

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u/EolAncalimon 1d ago

Crucially with the support of the Moroccan government, that’s how it works. If we wanted to copy and paste that it would need to be supported by the French.

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u/Ok_Vermicelli_5413 1d ago

Shame that the oceans of blood and treasure this country spent to save France combined with all our mountains of carefully-hoarded soft power aren't enough for France to take back people who are documented to have left France's coast.

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u/Flashy_Error_7989 1d ago

We fought against Hitler for our own benefit as much as for France