Britain’s Labour government announced a raft of new sanctions aimed at people smugglers, in a further attempt to ‘Smash the Gangs’ responsible for the trade in illegal migration.
Gormless UK Foreign Secretary David Lammy signed off on the detailed ‘landmark’ policy, published online on Wednesday, July 23rd. It names 25 individuals, including alleged gangsters from the Balkans, who are seen as being involved in what Lammy terms ‘irregular’ migration.
Being sanctioned by the British government would mean that banks and other businesses would be forbidden from trading with the named individuals. Assets could be frozen and, although not technically illegal, the manufacture and distribution of ‘small boats’ punished.
While rhetorically the policy sounds tough, it continues to ignore the fact that so-called irregular migrants, itself a term designed to soft-peddle lawbreaking, are voluntarily paying for their passage through the UK’s open borders—and not being forced onto the boats by the “notorious” 25 individuals now facing sanctions.
