Tackling unsustainable number of migrants shouldn’t be seen as racist, says Suella Braverman

TACKLING the unsustainable number of migrants should not be seen as racist, says the Home Secretary.

Suella Braverman risks a backlash when she outlines her plans this week.

Upcoming figures suggest net migration hit 700,000 — well up on the 504,000 in the year to June 2022.

Britain is also spending £5.5million a day on hotels for asylum-seekers.

Ms Braverman will tell this week’s National Conservatism Conference: “It’s not xenophobic to say mass and rapid migration is unsustainable in terms of housing supply, service and community relations.

“Nor is it bigoted to say too many people come here illegally and claim asylum, and we have insufficient accommodation for them.”

She will demand Brits do the jobs for which employers have long used cheap imported labour, saying: “We mustn’t forget how to do things for ourselves.”

But she risks a backlash, with one Cabinet Minister telling Trending In The Newsday Times: “There is a shortage of workers and these jobs are being filled by immigrants.

“If that doesn’t happen there will be a negative effect on the economy.”

Ms Braverman, whose parents arrived from Kenya and Mauritius in the 1960s, is also facing Cabinet opposition over her plans to reduce the number of foreign students.

But the Home Office could look at restricting dependants of students — after some brought in up to six people last year.