James Cleverly mocked for forgetting Tory asylum policy

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James Cleverly was mocked for appearing to forget his own government's policy on welcoming Syrian asylum seekers.

The minister Home Office shared a 2015 article in which Labour's shadow Home Secretary Yvette Cooper called on Britain to take in 10,000 Syrian refugees during the 2015 European migration crisis .

After Ms Cooper and Sir Keir Starmer gave a major speech on Labour's asylum policy, Mr Cleverly used the article to suggest he could not be trusted to “stop the boats.”

James Cleverly seemed to forget his past support for the resettlement of Syrian refugees (PA Wire)

“When Keir Starmer talks about illegal migration, he wants to be home secretary,” he said on X/Twitter.

But users of the social media platform have quickly pointed out that a few days later, Mr Cleverly himself welcomed the government's plans to take in twice as many refugees as Ms Cooper had requested.

In response to Mr. Cleverly, the Shadow Home Secretary said: “Um, James…… This is your government's policy to help 20,000 Syrian refugees, announced just after this article!

“Which you welcomed four days later. »

In a statement at the time, Mr Cleverly said: "I welcome David Cameron's announcement that the U...