The government’s legal bill for defending its controversial Rwanda asylum plan is running at more than £865,000.
More than 100 legal challenges have been brought against the government’s controversial Rwanda asylum plan
As he outlined measures to reduce small boat crossings and the number of arrivals from Albania, he said ‘we will restart the first flights’ once the legal proceedings have concluded.with four people dead and 43 rescued during a crossing in the early hours today. A major search and rescue operation involving the Coastguard, Royal Navy and RNLI is underway.
The Public and Commercial Services Union is one of the groups that has brought legal challenges to the Rwanda plan ‘Its own officials acknowledge there is no evidence it will be effective as a deterrent. Instead of spending money on defending this inhumane policy, the Home Office should invest in resolving the nearly 100,000 claims which have been waiting for a decision for months or years, and in treating people who come here seeking safety fairly and humanely.’
‘It’s time ministers woke up and started investing taxpayers’ money on a compassionate and functioning asylum system that works for everyone.’ The home secretary expressed her ‘profound sadness’ in the House of Commons today and said ‘we are working so hard to destroy the business model of the people smugglers’. Suella Braverman told MPs that the tragedy is a ‘sobering reminder’ of why the government needed to end what she termed a ‘lethally dangerous endeavour’.
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