'E fit take 15 years to become UK citizen even though you be legal migrant'
UK Conservative Party don announce say di party no go allow migrants wey dey on work visa wey dey claim benefits to settle down permanently for di UK.
Dis go be di first major policy Kemi Badenoch go announce as Tory Leader.
Madam Badenoch tok say dem go extend di period migrants go fit apply for indefinite leave to remain for di UK from five to ten years. Na dis leave go pave way for British citizenship.
Under her plan, dem no go grant residency status give migrants wey get criminal records, or those wey don claim benefits or social housing.
Di Tory leader tok say di right to citizenship and permanent residency "suppose go only to pipo wey don show real commitment to di UK".
Labour minister Angela Eagle tok say "afta 14 years of shameful Tory failure, nobody go take seriously anything dem claim".
Indefinite leave to remain (ILR) give pipo di right to live, work and study for di UK.
Usually, e dey possible for pesin to apply for ILR if dem work for UK for five years, although e fit be two or three years if dem come to UK on particular visas.
Currently pesin fit apply for British citizenship, 12 months afta di UK grant dem indefinite leave to remain.
Di Conservatives say migrants suppose only fit apply for British citizenship afta dem get ILR for 15 years. Dat go increase di current waiting period from one year to five.
Di party want make di government adopt di changes, backdate am go 2021, by amending dia Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill wey dem go debate for di Parliament next week.
Migrants wey dey UK on visas, illegally and di ones wey dey seek asylum no fit claim welfare benefits and social housing.
Dis na visa condition wey no get access to public funds, and state-funded welfare.
Some migrants fit apply to remove di condition, and according to di Migration Observatory, about 2,500 pipo successfully do am for 2021 and 2022.
Shadow home secretary Chris Philp tell BBC say "if pesin ova a period of time don constantly claim benefits and no work, then we no go wan give dem indefinite leave to remain".
E say migrants wey dey claim ILR go gatz show say dme be net contributor to di economy to dey eligible for British citizenship, under di Tory plans.
Dis one mean say dem go gave to prove say dia salary plus tax contributions high pass dia costs to di state.
Badenoch wey follow BBC tok, say di current rules don create a "conveyor belt" to citizenship for pipo wey just land di kontri.
She argue say too many pipo dey get citizenship through dis route and e dey "create a strain on public services".
"We need to make sure say pipo wey dey come here get real, meaningful connection to diUK, so no criminal records, dem go be net contributors to dieconomy, pipo wey no dey rely on benefits but pipo wey care about our kontri and our communities."
She say she believe say di policy go reduce di numbers of pipo wey dey migrate come di kontri but no say by how much.
Last year, shortly afta she become Conservative leader, Badenoch say her party bin get am "wrong" on immigration during dia time in government, wey see net migration rise to a record high of 906,000.
She say hard limitations suppose dey on migrant numbers but no greet ok wetin di number suppose be, she argue say e go depend on di situation at any given time.
Wen tori pipo ask am if she dey panic sake of di rising popularity of Nigel Farage Reform UK, Badenoch tok say her party "need to rebuild trust wit di public" and say e dey natural for di public to look to "di protest party".
Badenoch don tok say she no go unveil detailed policies for some time, but go tok instead about values.
But she say e make sense for di Conservatives to set out alternative approach to immigration now becos di government go bring forward one immigration bill next week.
Di Conservatives dey plan to table an amendment to di bill.
Conservative MPs dey worry about di rise of Reform UK, wey no dey take am easy on immigration mata.
Dat na one of di reasons Badenoch feel say she gatz come out so strongly on di issue wey concern so many Conservative voters now.
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