Hot off the press............23 Oct 2023 20:49
The Home Office’s annual report, published in September, said the current cost was above £3bn a year, amounting to slightly over £8m a day.
The hope is that this bill can be reduced in part because of a fall so far this year in the number of asylum seekers arriving in small boats across the Channel. While Border Force had forecast a significant increase on the near-46,000 who crossed in 2022, so far the numbers are down 30%.
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