Kemi Badenoch, leader of the United Kingdom’s Conservative Party, says immigrants from countries whose cultures that do not align with the UK values should not be welcome.
Badenoch spoke on Sunday in an interview with CNN’s Fareed Zakaria.
The UK opposition leader has been outspoken about her concerns over the countries immigrants come from and the cultures they bring.
Badenoch, born to Nigerian Yoruba parents, spent much of her childhood in Nigeria.
When questioned about her views in light of her background, she argued that allowing large numbers of immigrants could eventually erode British culture.
“Culture matters more,” she said.
“Certainly, in the UK, there is something that people from around the world are coming there to get.
“It is that system, you know, enlightenment values, equality under the law, freedom of speech, you know, freedom of association, women having equal rights, the rule of law, our legal systems—so much of that is what draws people from around the world.
“It is what has made us a successful country. But if you have a large number of people who don’t believe in those things, eventually your country will change.”
“NOT ALL CULTURES ARE EQUAL”
Badenoch said not all cultures are equal.
“Some people may not like to hear that, but cultures where there’s child marriage, where homosexuals, gay people are treated criminally and killed. Those are not equal cultures. I will not accept that,” she said.
“Cultures where women are less as citizens—those are equal cultures, and when we have large numbers of people coming into a country, that does change things.”
Many of the cultural practices Badenoch has criticised are, in fact, common in Nigeria.
The UK politician accused immigrants of exploiting the tolerance of the British system to secure citizenship with ease.
“We have people pretending, for instance, to be homosexual so that they can claim asylum, and then they go on to get married and have children. They’re abusing the laws that we have,” Badenoch said.
“We have people who go through false conversions. The parish priests, they’re very excited ‘Oh, these Muslims want to convert to Christianity.’ They convert so that they can claim asylum and say, ‘If I went back to my country, I can be persecuted.’
“This is exploitation of a system that was not designed for this sort of thing. You have to be honest about that.”
Badenoch added that she would not allow a Nigerian immigrant to come to the UK and try to create a “mini-Nigeria”.
She said under her leadership, the only immigrants that would be welcome to the UK are net contributors, not people who come and then need welfare or social housing.
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