London - British Prime Minister Keir Starmer will unveil on Monday with plans to tighten immigration rules, facing a problem trapped in a continuous government and fueling the rise of a new anti-immigrant party that could threaten the country's political institutions.

Starmer's center Labour, who won a landslide victory in July last year, faces increasing pressure, frustrated by high levels of immigration, which many believe has sparked public service and ethnic tensions in some parts of the country.

Starmer promised to end what his office called "the UK's failed experiment in open borders" and less than two weeks later, Britain won immigration issues in local elections. Labor and central right-wing conservatives, long-standing ruling parties in British politics, have seen their support in competitions between local government committees and mayors.

"Every area of ​​the immigration system, including work, family and study, will be tightened, so we have more control. Law enforcement will be stricter than ever before, and immigration will fall."

Immigration has been a strong problem for the UK since the EU expanded to Eastern Europe in 2004. Although most EU countries restricted immigration from new member states for years, the UK immediately opened a labour market, attracting a large number of newcomers.

By 2010, then Prime Minister David Cameron had promised to cut annual net immigration to less than 100,000, with targets of four Conservative governments failing to meet. In 2016, anger at the government's inability to control immigration from the EU sparked a referendum, and Britain voted to leave the group.

But Brexit has not taken any measures to reduce the number of people who are unified in visas, education and family.

In recent years, there have been concerns that the government has lost control of the UK’s borders due to the illegal entry of thousands of immigrants inflatable ships operated by smugglers. Government statistics show that about 37,000 people crossed the UK channel on boats last year, down from 45,755 in 2022.

The reforms were shown in local elections “because people were angry, angry at the level of law and illegal immigration.”

Annual Net Migration - In the year ended June 2024, the number of people entering the UK was 728,000. While this figure is down 20% from the June 2023 year, its target is more than seven times the target set by the Conservative Party in 2010.

Home Secretary Yvette Cooper, who is in charge of immigration, said on Sunday that the Starmer administration does not intend to set new goals.

"We're not going to take this really failed approach because I think all we need to do is rebuild reputation and trust in the entire system," she said in an interview with Sky News.

Instead, the government will focus on policies, such as limiting visas for low-skilled workers, she said. Cooper said the workers will have a 50,000 visa reduction next year.

Cooper's conservative rival Chris Philp said his party would support such suggestions, but they were under progress.

"Tomorrow, we intend to vote in Parliament, which will put an annual cap on Parliament to vote and set an annual cap on the restoration of proper democratic responsibility because these numbers are too high, too high," he said.