Lefty lawyers are set to stall Labour's new immigration guidance'

LEFT-WING lawyers will launch a "barrage" of human rights claims against Labour's new immigration rules, critics warned.

- Michael Knowles

The Home Office has issued new guidance suggesting migrants will "normally" be refused the right to remain if they entered illegally.

It followed criticism that the Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill "created a path to citizenship" for small boat arrivals as it repealed laws preventing Channel migrants from "settling here or becoming British citizens".

But the move was branded a "smokescreen" that will make it easier for court challenges.

Robert Bates, at the Centre for Migration Control, said: "British citizenship is a privilege, not a right.

"Without a clear policy that says illegal migrants can never become citizens we will inevitably see human rights lawyers launching a barrage of challenges to these rules."