Although Andy Burnham has not yet met with Ms Whyte to discuss her concerns, the grieving mother held talks with Border Security Minister Anna Turley on September 3.
Reflecting on the meeting with the Home Office, she said: “I came out of there feeling hopeful that maybe they listened to us as a family.
“This was on a Thursday, and on the Sunday, we had an influx of boats into Portsmouth, so it felt like we’d just been kicked in the teeth, really.
“We just want answers, you know, I get people saying, ‘you’ve got justice. He got life and 29 years’. No, I will serve life because he’s taken my daughter away.”
A Home Office spokesman told the People’s Channel: “The murder of Rhiannon Whyte was an abhorrent crime, and our thoughts are with her loved ones. This vile criminal is behind bars where he belongs, and he rightly received the strictest punishment of a life sentence.
“We share the public’s anger about Majek’s heinous actions. That is precisely why we are bearing down on small boat crossings, removing record numbers of foreign criminals, and closing every asylum hotel in the country.”
