Councillors walk out of migration emergency debate

Kent County Council has declared an “illegal migration emergency” after opposition councillors walked out of a debate in protest.

The authority passed a motion, put forward by Reform UK councillors, stating that the county was a “frontier for the influx of illegal migrants” and residents were “dealing with the consequences”.

Other parties chose to leave the chamber ahead of the vote, claiming the debate breached electoral rules ahead of a by-election for the Cliftonville ward, with Liberal Democrat group leader Antony Hook stating that the motion was “based on prejudicial, discriminatory assumptions”.

Councillors walk out of migration emergency debate, BBC

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• divisive fantasy debates staged during a vital pre-by-election period
• stunt for political purposes during an election
• complained to the Electoral Commission

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