nicko31
Well-known member
Worth adding not only did have the Tories slashed the overseas aid budget to 0.5%, but what remains is increasingly being used to clear up the mess they 've created (see above)It would indeed happen under any Government that during their time in office increased the numbers crossing the channel and increased the backlog of cases as follows
Boat Crossings
(Numbers weren't recorded prior to 2018 as the government thought them inconsequential).
2018 - 299
2019 - 1,890
2020 - 8,466
2021 - 28,526
2022 - 45,755
Asylum Backlog
2012 - 9,800
2018 - 27,000
2022 - 161,000
by undertaking the following four steps
1. Remove the ability to claim Asylum from abroad.
2. Close legal Asylum routes to claimants.
3. Stop working with Interpol again to target people traffickers
4. Cut the numbers of caseworkers processing applications increasing the backlog.
And then round it off by spending as much money (so far) on a completely farcical, unimplementable plan than it would have taken to employ extra staff and clear the backlog three times over with money to spare.
These tragedies would indeed happen under any Government that did all that, not just the Tories