The UK has begun revoking the visas of foreign nationals who spread "hate and division".
Immigration Minister Robert Jenrick said that immigrants who "fall below the standard we expect in our country" will be expelled from the UK, saying that the process has "already begun".
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This came after Rishi Sunak last week threatened to immediately cancel the visas of foreign nationals who promote anti-Semitism or other hate crimes.
Speaking at PMQs last Wednesday, he said the UK has the "power to cancel a person’s presence in the UK if it is not conducive to the public good", warning: "We will not tolerate this hatred".
Speaking in the Commons today, Conservative MP Jill Mortimer said: "On Saturday, we witnessed the most appalling scenes of lawbreaking on the streets of our capital.
"Can the minister reassure me that anyone found to have been breaking our laws and inciting racial hatred and violence in this country who is here as an asylum seeker or on a visa, including students, will have that status revoked and will be removed?"
Jenrick responded: "I’ve been very clear that people who spread hate and division in our country have no right to be here and so those individuals who are foreign nationals who have a visa, which is a privilege, not an entitlement, and conduct themselves in that manner, fall below the standard we expect in our country, will find that visa revoked, and they will be expelled."
He added: "We have already begun that process in a small number of cases.
"And I have written to all chief constables across England and Wales, inviting them to bring to our attention at the Home Office any examples that we should consider."
Last week, Mortimer demanded Sunak take action after a Moroccan asylum seeker, who has now appeared in court, was arrested on suspicion of murdering a 70-year-old resident of the area.
Mortimer, who has served as MP for Hartlepool since 2021, told Sunak: “I want these people out of Hartlepool now!”
She added: “Every week my office is besieged by asylum seekers. My staff are intimidated by young men. The fact is most of them are illegal migrants who should be expelled. Enough is enough.”
Speaking in the Commons, Mortimer explained: "We have an office in Hartlepool and my staff regularly have groups of young men outside, knocking on the door, ringing the bell. If they don't answer, because we can see on the cameras that it is more asylum seekers, they will ring the phones to try and catch us out.
“I have a fantastic team of very dedicated people in Hartlepool. We've undertaken 9000 pieces of casework and correspondence since I came in in 2021. They do amazing work and they shouldn't have to put up with this”
Mortimer demanded Sunak take action after a Moroccan asylum seeker, who has now appeared in court, was arrested on suspicion of murdering a 70-year-old resident of the area
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Speaking at Prime Minister's Questions last week, former Chancellor Sajid Javid said: “May I ask the (Prime Minister) to consider urgently, an immediate and specific policy of revoking the visas of any foreign national that commits an act of antisemitism or any other hate crime?”
Sunak responded: “Under our existing immigration rules we do have the power to cancel a person’s presence in the UK if it is not conducive to the public good.
“We will not tolerate this hatred, not in our country, not in this century.”