Home Office plan to imprison asylum seekers arriving by boat would cost £412m a year, analysis shows May Bulman © Stock
The Refugee Council found that the cost of imprisoning people seeking asylum is five times more than accommodating them in the asylum support system - Stock
The Home Office’s plan to criminalise asylum seekers for arriving in the UK on small boats via the Channel would cost taxpayers more than £400m a year, new analysis has found.
The Nationality and Borders Bill, which receives its second reading in parliament on Monday, includes provisions for people who have fled danger to seek asylum in Britain to be arrested at sea and prosecuted under a new offence for arriving without a valid entry clearance.
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