Ask the Prime Minister not to repeat claims that are not supported by reliable evidence
All MPs—including government ministers—need to ensure their claims are accurate and based on reliable information
On 4 October the Prime Minister claimed that Labour’s immigration plan is to “cook up” a deal with the EU which he said “could see us accepting around 100,000 of Europe’s asylum seekers”.
We have already informed Rishi Sunak that the 100,000 figure was unreliable when he made a similar claim last month.
It is a Conservative party estimate which makes several assumptions and appears to misinterpret a recent EU agreement on relocating asylum seekers. We don’t know how many migrants the UK might take under a future returns deal with the EU. Labour has not said what such a deal would involve, or how many migrants it would accept.
Will you ask Rishi Sunak to stop repeating this claim, which is based on unreliable information?
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