Failed asylum seekers in the United Kingdom (UK) will not face removal until 2036 if the British government continues to deal with asylum cases at the current rate. There are currently around 40,000 people waiting to be removed from the country, yet only 3,000 cases are processed every year.
The British government has also “cut” as many as 6,000 asylum cases off its lists “by the back door,” meaning they’ve written off thousands of cases if seekers fail to attend appointments, interviews, or hearings. But even this has done little to impact the growing number of cases.
Around 15,000 illegal migrants crossed the English Channel from France this year alone, building on 2022’s record-breaking 45,755. The UK taxpayer pays around £7 million every day to house illegal migrants in hotels across the country.
A spokesman for the Home Office, however, defended the government’s policies on illegal migration, stating, “The government is tackling illegal immigration and the harm it causes by removing those with no right to be in the UK.”
