Go home, MacShane tells Iraqi asylum seekers

A ROTHERHAM MP has said that asylum seekers from Iraq should now return to their country after the successful democratic election.

The call comes from Denis MacShane who told the House of Commons:

"The successful election that has just been held in Iraq suggests that we may now be moving towards a more stable Iraq.

“Yes, there will be violence and explosions but the British Isles have known plenty of those in the past 30 or 40 years.

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“I always now say to Iraqi asylum seekers who come to see me: ‘You can go home.

You can return with the English you've learned, you no longer need to demand the right to settle and stay permanently in our country’.”

The MP has previously said that there was no reason or justification for Kosovan refugees to claim asylum in Britain and they should return to the Balkan nation.

He added: "There are regular BA flights to Kosovo which is enjoying a boom and Kosovans whose claim to Britain is because of the brutality of their Serb oppressors now have an independent nation which is getting closer to the European Union.”

The Rotherham MP and former Europe Minister has previously called for tough action to deport foreign nationals who have no right to stay in Britain.

Mr MacShane said that he also regularly counsels asylum seekers from countries like Iraq or the Balkan states to return home.