Cost of asylum tops £2 billion a year for the first time
2 years, 6 months ago

Cost of asylum tops £2 billion a year for the first time

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The cost of the UK’s asylum system has topped £2bn a year, with the highest number of claims for two decades and record delays for people awaiting a decision. The fact that more than three quarters of men, women and children are recognised as refugees is a stark reminder that we are living through a time of terrible global conflicts which is seeing many people in need of protection Enver Solomon, Refugee Council More than 24,200 people have arrived in the UK after navigating busy shipping lanes from France in small boats such as dinghies so far in 2022, according to provisional government figures. open image in gallery More than 24,200 people have arrived in the UK after navigating busy shipping lanes from France in small boats so far in 2022 The government is More than 90 per cent of applications from Afghan, Eritrean, Syrian and Sudanese asylum seekers are granted. The significant increase of people making dangerous small boats crossings continues to pressurise the UK’s asylum system and our ability to make timely casework decisions Minister Simon Baynes Illegal migration minister Simon Baynes said: “The significant increase of people making dangerous small boats crossings continues to pressurise the UK’s asylum system and our ability to make timely casework decisions.

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Labour's promise to 'end asylum hotels' backfires as numbers rise by 8,500
3 weeks, 2 days ago

Labour's promise to 'end asylum hotels' backfires as numbers rise by 8,500

Daily Mail  

The number of asylum seekers living in hotels at the expense of taxpayers has risen by 8,500 under Labour. Shadow Home Secretary Chris Philp said: ‘Despite promising to end hotel use for asylum seekers, the numbers have gone up again and they are costing Britons dear. Does the Labour Government really think that letting 96 per cent of illegal immigrants …

Number of asylum claims hits record 108,000 in a year following huge increase after Keir Starmer ditched Rwanda scheme
3 weeks, 2 days ago

Number of asylum claims hits record 108,000 in a year following huge increase after Keir Starmer ditched Rwanda scheme

Daily Mail  

Asylum claims surged under Labour to hit more than 108,000 last year – the highest number since records began in 1979. Home Office figures published yesterday showed that 43,630 'irregular' migrants were detected by the authorities – including 36,816 by small boat – in 2024, 19 per cent more than in 2023. The data showed the number of asylum claims …

Number of people claiming asylum in UK hits record high
3 weeks, 3 days ago

Number of people claiming asylum in UK hits record high

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Migrants who arrived in the UK after crossing the English Channel in small boats …

New asylum seeker laws could cost the immigration service up to €60 million annually
2 months ago

New asylum seeker laws could cost the immigration service up to €60 million annually

NL Times  

The new asylum laws that are currently being developed are going to cost the Immigration and Naturalisation Service 25 to 60 million euros extra annually, the Minister of Asylum and Migration, Marjolein Faber, estimated. The group of asylum seekers who will be given fewer rights under the new laws will likely appeal this, and that will result in extra work …

IND paid asylum seekers €36.8m compensation for slow processing
2 months, 1 week ago

IND paid asylum seekers €36.8m compensation for slow processing

Dutch News  

The Dutch immigration service had to pay €36.8 million in compensation to refugees last year because it failed to assess their cases within the legal time frame. Asylum seekers receive €100 per day if the IND takes longer than 15 months to decide their case, up to a maximum of €7,500. Fewer refugees Last year, 32,180 people made their first …

Mapped: Refugee homelessness on the rise in nearly 100 UK councils
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Mapped: Refugee homelessness on the rise in nearly 100 UK councils

The Independent  

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UK immigration figures breakdown: Where migrants are from and why they are arriving
3 months, 3 weeks ago

UK immigration figures breakdown: Where migrants are from and why they are arriving

The Independent  

Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. A total of 1.2 million people arrived in the UK in the year up to …

Number of migrants living in hotels soars under Labour as asylum costs top £5bn
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Number of migrants living in hotels soars under Labour as asylum costs top £5bn

The Independent  

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Labour could fast-track asylum claims from Afghanistan, Iran and Syria
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Labour could fast-track asylum claims from Afghanistan, Iran and Syria

The Telegraph  

Migrants from countries such as Afghanistan, Iran and Syria could have their asylum claims fast-tracked under Labour plans to clear the backlog of cases. Asked whether ministers would fast-track claims by asylum seekers from countries with high grant rates, Sir Keir Starmer said the Government wanted to move “all cases through the system much more quickly”. Yvette Cooper, the Home …

Almost 63,000 asylum seekers whose cases were held by Tory government could be given permission to remain by Labour
5 months ago

Almost 63,000 asylum seekers whose cases were held by Tory government could be given permission to remain by Labour

Daily Mail  

Almost 63,000 asylum seekers whose cases were placed on hold by the Tories could be granted permission to stay in Britain under Labour. Of 118,882 asylum seekers who were waiting for a Home Office decision at the general election, 62,801 are likely to secure refugee status here based on current rates, the report said. Almost 63,000 asylum seekers whose cases …

Home Office overspends billions on asylum and immigration due to ‘woeful budgeting’
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Home Office overspends billions on asylum and immigration due to ‘woeful budgeting’

The Independent  

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Labour is accused of 'undoing Tories work' on tackling Channel crisis - as 25,300 small boat migrants granted asylum in just one year
7 months ago

Labour is accused of 'undoing Tories work' on tackling Channel crisis - as 25,300 small boat migrants granted asylum in just one year

Daily Mail  

The number of Channel migrants winning permission to stay indefinitely in Britain has quadrupled as efforts to increase deportations have stalled. Home Office data revealed more than 25,300 people who arrived by small boat were granted asylum or another type of humanitarian protection in the year to June – making up a third of all types of asylum claims in …

Number of Channel boat migrants granted asylum rises 400% in a year after Rishi Sunak's bid to empty expensive hotel rooms
7 months ago

Number of Channel boat migrants granted asylum rises 400% in a year after Rishi Sunak's bid to empty expensive hotel rooms

Daily Mail  

The number of channel boat arrivals being granted asylum rose four-fold in the past year as the former Tory government tried to cut a massive backlog of cases and empty expensive hotel rooms. New Home Office figures released today show that more than 25,000 people were granted asylum in the year to June, up from 6,600 in the same period …

Record number of migrants granted asylum
7 months ago

Record number of migrants granted asylum

The Telegraph  

The number of asylum seekers being granted refugee status has hit the highest level since records began nearly 40 years ago. Official figures, published on Thursday, showed that 67,978 asylum claims were granted by the Home Office in the year to June – more than triple the 21,436 in the previous year. Home Office caseworkers made just under 92,000 initial …

UK to stop using Bibby Stockholm barge to house asylum seekers
8 months ago

UK to stop using Bibby Stockholm barge to house asylum seekers

Al Jazeera  

The vessel was introduced by the previous gov’t to house people seeking asylum while their claims are being processed. The United Kingdom’s new Labour government has announced that it will stop housing people seeking asylum in the country on a controversial accommodation barge from next year as it tries to clear a backlog of asylum requests. The use of the …

Labour to allow 100,000 migrants to apply for asylum
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Labour to allow 100,000 migrants to apply for asylum

The Telegraph  

Their arrival takes the total who have crossed the Channel so far this year to a record 13,600 for this point in the year, the highest since the first migrants crossed in January 2018. Asked if those arriving by small boats would now have the right to claim asylum, the Prime Minister’s official spokesman said: “We need to ensure that …

Nothing ‘out of the box’ about Italy’s asylum offshoring deal with Albania
9 months ago

Nothing ‘out of the box’ about Italy’s asylum offshoring deal with Albania

Al Jazeera  

The scheme will no doubt prove to be just another costly forum for politically expedient human rights violations. Well, that dream is now becoming a reality for Italy, where Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni of the far-right Fratelli d’Italia party is overseeing an agreement with the Balkan nation of Albania to open two processing centres for seaborne asylum seekers intercepted en …

Government asylum housing plans to cost millions more than hotels – watchdog
1 year ago

Government asylum housing plans to cost millions more than hotels – watchdog

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The National Audit Office said the Home Office expects …

Over 1,000 Indians crossed into UK illegally, over 5,000 applied for asylum in 2023: Data
1 year ago

Over 1,000 Indians crossed into UK illegally, over 5,000 applied for asylum in 2023: Data

The Hindu  

In 2023, more than 1,000 Indians risked their lives to reach the U.K. by crossing the English Channel from Europe in inflatable small boats, searching for jobs and seeking asylum. The share of illegal migrants from India aged 18-29 has shot up in recent years; they formed close to 60% of the total number of illegal Indian migrants in 2023. …

British government watchdog says UK’s Rwanda deportation plan could cost nearly 500 million pounds
1 year ago

British government watchdog says UK’s Rwanda deportation plan could cost nearly 500 million pounds

Associated Press  

LONDON — The British government’s contentious plan to send some asylum-seekers on a one-way trip to Rwanda could cost nearly half a billion pounds, or about $630 million, plus hundreds of thousands for each deported person, a report said Friday. No asylum-seeker has been sent to Rwanda under the plan, which has been blocked by the courts, though the U.K. …

‘National scandal’ as shock report reveals Rwanda plan costs to top £500m
1 year ago

‘National scandal’ as shock report reveals Rwanda plan costs to top £500m

The Independent  

Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. In a revelation branded a “national scandal” by Labour, the public spending watchdog said the …

British govt watchdog says UK's Rwanda deportation plan could cost nearly 500 million pounds
1 year ago

British govt watchdog says UK's Rwanda deportation plan could cost nearly 500 million pounds

New Indian Express  

LONDON: The British government's contentious plan to send some asylum-seekers on a one-way trip to Rwanda could cost nearly half a billion pounds, or about $630 million, plus hundreds of thousands for each deported person, a report said Friday. No asylum-seeker has been sent to Rwanda under the plan, which has been blocked by the courts, though the UK government …

Asylum backlog at over 120,000 despite record number of refugees granted protection
1 year ago

Asylum backlog at over 120,000 despite record number of refugees granted protection

The Independent  

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Asylum seekers in Europe reached a 7-year high last year. Syrians and Afghans file most claims
1 year ago

Asylum seekers in Europe reached a 7-year high last year. Syrians and Afghans file most claims

Associated Press  

BRUSSELS — The number of asylum seekers in Europe reached a seven-year high last year, with more than 1.1 million people applying for international protection in 2023, most of them Syrian nationals, the European Union said Wednesday. The agency said 181,000 Syrians sought asylum last year — a 38% rise from 2022 — while Afghan nationals made up the second …

Home Office ‘chaos’ as at least 55,500 asylum seekers stuck in new Rwanda backlog
1 year ago

Home Office ‘chaos’ as at least 55,500 asylum seekers stuck in new Rwanda backlog

The Independent  

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US asylum measure aimed at curbing claims has limited impact given strained border budget
1 year ago

US asylum measure aimed at curbing claims has limited impact given strained border budget

Associated Press  

TUCSON, Ariz. — Inside giant white tents that house about 1,000 migrants near Tucson International Airport, Border Patrol agents demonstrate clockwork efficiency to release detainees within two days of arrest with orders to appear in immigration courts at their final destinations. Arrests for illegal border crossings from Mexico plunged to the second-lowest monthly rate of Joe Biden’s presidency, a month …

Asylum applications in the EU hit seven-year high
1 year ago

Asylum applications in the EU hit seven-year high

Al Jazeera  

More than 1.1 million people applied for asylum in the bloc in 2023, just under the levels of the 2015 refugee crisis. The European Union received the highest number of asylum applications since the 2015-16 refugee crisis in 2023. More than 1.14 million people filed applications for international protection in the European bloc in 2023, a report by the European …

PRITI PATEL: Enough is enough... the system is broken and we simply have to be tougher on asylum
1 year, 1 month ago

PRITI PATEL: Enough is enough... the system is broken and we simply have to be tougher on asylum

Daily Mail  

The current asylum system is collapsing. The pressures caused by illegal and dangerous routes to claim asylum, facilitated by serious organised criminal gangs exploiting people and profiting from human misery, not only costs lives but undermines public confidence. As Home Secretary in 2021, I created a clear approach, called the New Plan for Immigration, which set out a simple principle: …

Asylum applications backlog: Key numbers
1 year, 2 months ago

Asylum applications backlog: Key numbers

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Here are the key numbers: – Legacy backlog There were 4,537 asylum applications in …

Asylum backlog of older cases down by nearly half since July
1 year, 4 months ago

Asylum backlog of older cases down by nearly half since July

The Independent  

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Effort to clear asylum backlog could shift pressure to elsewhere in system – MPs
1 year, 4 months ago

Effort to clear asylum backlog could shift pressure to elsewhere in system – MPs

The Independent  

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The £60M 'migrant hotel king': Caravan park tycoon's firm records a fortune in profits after taxpayers handed it £3.5m-a-DAY last year to house asylum seekers
1 year, 4 months ago

The £60M 'migrant hotel king': Caravan park tycoon's firm records a fortune in profits after taxpayers handed it £3.5m-a-DAY last year to house asylum seekers

Daily Mail  

The 'king' of Britain's migrant hotels has seen his profits soar to more than £60million a year – all from the taxpayer. Graham King, a former caravan park and disco tycoon, made £25million in 2021 thanks to a Home Office contract to house asylum seekers in southern England and Wales. He made £25million in 2021 thanks to a Home Office …

UK now spending £8m a day housing migrants in hotels
1 year, 6 months ago

UK now spending £8m a day housing migrants in hotels

The Independent  

Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Shadow home secretary Yvette Cooper blamed the huge hotel bill on the government’s “asylum chaos”. …

The asylum backlog by numbers: what has driven waiting lists to record highs?
1 year, 6 months ago

The asylum backlog by numbers: what has driven waiting lists to record highs?

The Independent  

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Asylum backlog reaches new record high
1 year, 6 months ago

Asylum backlog reaches new record high

The Independent  

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UK government to house asylum seekers on barges in bid to cut costs
1 year, 7 months ago

UK government to house asylum seekers on barges in bid to cut costs

ABC  

Asylum seekers are being housed on barges, under the UK's newest plan to cut refugee costs in the country. Key points: A charity says lawyers who intervened got transfers cancelled for about 20 asylum seekers Housing asylum seekers in hotel rooms cost the British government $3.6 billion in 2022 The Home Office says people who arrive in the UK via …

Ministers accused of ‘disastrous failure’ as 50,000 asylum seekers in hotels
1 year, 7 months ago

Ministers accused of ‘disastrous failure’ as 50,000 asylum seekers in hotels

The Independent  

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Ministers ‘would take until 2036 to removed failed asylum seekers at current rate’
1 year, 7 months ago

Ministers ‘would take until 2036 to removed failed asylum seekers at current rate’

The Independent  

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Asylum system ‘riddled with abuse’ and needs fundamental change – Jenrick
1 year, 9 months ago

Asylum system ‘riddled with abuse’ and needs fundamental change – Jenrick

The Independent  

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UN report says government deportation bids ‘leave asylum seekers in limbo at a higher cost’
1 year, 9 months ago

UN report says government deportation bids ‘leave asylum seekers in limbo at a higher cost’

The Independent  

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Asylum backlog at record high as charities brand human cost of delays staggering
1 year, 9 months ago

Asylum backlog at record high as charities brand human cost of delays staggering

The Independent  

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Home Office faces ‘exodus’ of asylum caseworkers who fear being forced to break law
1 year, 11 months ago

Home Office faces ‘exodus’ of asylum caseworkers who fear being forced to break law

The Independent  

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Suella Braverman’s numbers on small boats are completely wrong
2 years ago

Suella Braverman’s numbers on small boats are completely wrong

The Independent  

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UK asylum backlog hits new record of 160,000
2 years, 1 month ago

UK asylum backlog hits new record of 160,000

The Independent  

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UK asylum backlog hits new record of 160,000
2 years, 1 month ago

UK asylum backlog hits new record of 160,000

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Migration crackdown comes 8 months after laws the government said would ‘fix broken asylum system’
2 years, 3 months ago

Migration crackdown comes 8 months after laws the government said would ‘fix broken asylum system’

The Independent  

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UK grants highest proportion of asylum claims for 32 years
2 years, 3 months ago

UK grants highest proportion of asylum claims for 32 years

The Independent  

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Asylum system in ‘serious peril’ amid soaring backlog of cases
2 years, 3 months ago

Asylum system in ‘serious peril’ amid soaring backlog of cases

The Independent  

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Asylum seekers ‘can’t afford clothes or toiletries’ on £8 a week support
2 years, 4 months ago

Asylum seekers ‘can’t afford clothes or toiletries’ on £8 a week support

The Independent  

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Asylum hotels chaos caused by ‘failure to plan’ for Channel crossings surge, minister admits
2 years, 4 months ago

Asylum hotels chaos caused by ‘failure to plan’ for Channel crossings surge, minister admits

The Independent  

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