Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said the system was under unsustainable pressure but insisted his plan would work.
Rishi Sunak warned the asylum system is under “unsustainable pressure” after the bill for the taxpayer almost doubled in a year to nearly £4 billion.
Home Office figures showed Channel crossings topped 19,000 for the year so far, despite Mr Sunak’s promise to voters that he will stop the boats. “That’s why we are focused on our plan to break the business model of the people smugglers facilitating these journeys, including working with international partners upstream to disrupt their efforts, stepping up joint work with the French to help reduce crossings and tackling the asylum backlog.”
By the end of 2023, the Prime Minister has pledged to clear the backlog of 92,601 so-called “legacy” cases which had been in the system as of the end of June last year. “But we know there is more to do to make sure asylum seekers do not spend months or years – living in the UK at vast expense to the taxpayer – waiting for a decision.”
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