Asylum system 'abuse'

THE immigration minister has claimed the UK’s asylum system is “riddled with abuse” and revealed that migrants will be asked to share hotel rooms as the Government comes under pressure to reduce net migrations.

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Robert Jenrick said a lot of progress has been made on illegal migration in a short period of time, with “really unique landmark deals” with France seeing a “big increase” in the number of interceptions on the beaches, but he said the asylum system – which according to him has a backlog of more than 150,000 cases – must be changed “fundamentally”.

Meanwhile, the BBC reported that the Home Office estimates it will have to spend between £3 billion and £6 billion on detention facilities, accommodation costs and removals under the current plans to tackle small boat crossings.