UK Conservative party leader Kemi Badenoch says the United Kingdom is a home to people like her and not “a hotel” for millions of immigrants from Nigeria and other parts of the world.

Ms Badenoch, in her first speech of the year on Thursday, said the UK made a lot of mistakes in the past and can no longer afford to open its doors to millions of immigrants worldwide.

“We simply cannot take all the millions of people who want to come here from elsewhere. Our country is our home; it is not a hotel,” Ms Badenoch said.

The Tory leader, who migrated from Nigeria to the UK, insisted that immigrants who do not want to integrate into British culture should not be in the UK.

“If people arriving don’t want to integrate into British culture, they shouldn’t be here. It is not controversial to say that. And that’s why we need new leadership. It doesn’t matter what colour of government you have, these structural problems need fixing,” Ms Badenoch said. 

Ms Badenoch also narrated how she migrated from her home country to the UK at age 16, warning that she does not want Britain to become a poor country like Nigeria, where terrible governments destroy lives.

However, Nigel Farage, leader of Reform UK, mocked Ms Badenoch for the size of her audience during the speech. 

“A total of 21 people are currently watching Kemi Badenoch’s speech on Facebook, and her YouTube stream crashed. It’s a good job she understands the digital age,” Mr Farage tweeted.

Since becoming the leader of the Conservative party, Ms Badenoch has opposed the UK’s immigration policy while criticising her home country, Nigeria.