The British Conservative government announced on Tuesday Will cut hotel accommodation for asylum seekers due to “unsustainable cost to taxpayers”. It will seek cheaper forms of housing for immigrants who come to the country illegally.
“The mobilization process will be completed by the end of January, and others will follow soon after,” said Robert Jenrick in the British Parliament.
Immigration Secretary of the United Kingdom Hotel accommodation contracts are currently estimated to cost taxpayers £8 million a day, around €9.1 million.. A value advocated by the government “Unacceptable” and “Unsustainable” And he often uses it to justify his policies.
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has made fighting illegal immigration one of his top priorities since taking office a year ago. It seeks to reassure Conservative voters concerned about rising numbers of asylum seekers arriving in the south of England via the English Channel by adopting a tougher policy to tackle the issue, which was at the heart of Brexit.
at Last year, a record 45,000 people crossed the English Channel in small boats, this year the number has dropped to 26,501.This is “a fifth less than the same period in 2022,” said the British Secretary of State for Immigration to the European Parliament, according to France Presse.
“Solid Progress”
During his speech on Tuesday, Robert Jenrick welcomed “solid progress” in the fight against illegal immigration and said plans to reduce asylum applications were “starting to work”. In the past year, the British government has not only reformed the “management of existing assets”, but also improved the capacity of military bases and ships to accommodate mass asylum seekers.
as He also concluded a new treaty with Paris to strengthen controls on the French side of the English Channel This is It announced that it would strengthen its laws to stop illegal immigrants coming to the UK seeking asylum., providing for their deportation to their home countries or to third countries such as Rwanda. However, the move is yet to take effect as it is subject to several legal challenges and depends on a Supreme Court decision scheduled for December.“These crossings are not only illegal, dangerous and unnecessary, they are deeply unfair,” said the British immigration secretary.
Robert Jenrick explained The current government’s main priority is to “stop the boats”, because of the injustice they represent Not just because “Persons in Genuine Need of Resettlement” But, above all, must “The law-abiding British public faces the very real consequences of illegal immigration Housing waiting lists, overburdened public services and sometimes serious challenges to social cohesion.
The issue of immigration and asylum is politically sensitive in the United Kingdom, mainly because of its cost, which worries British voters, a year ahead of a national election scheduled for 2024.
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