On 6 June 2025, Kemi Badenoch delivered a blistering critique of Britain's asylum system during a keynote speech at the Royal United Services Institute in London. Describing the situation as a national crisis, the Conservative leader declared that the UK is being 'mugged' by unregulated migration and warned that the current asylum process is 'broken beyond repair'.
Badenoch placed blame on years of weak border enforcement and legal loopholes that, in her view, have left the country unable to manage immigration in line with national priorities. 'Britain cannot be home for everyone,' she said, vowing to rebuild the asylum framework from the ground up.
