The British authorities has come underneath hearth but once more for its controversial migration coverage, this time from a rights group and an opposition chief, after it was revealed that the Home Office bought marquees to accommodate as much as 2,000 irregular migrants.
Despite numerous authorities efforts, over 14,000 migrants have crossed the English Channels in small boats this yr.
Chief Executive of Refugee Action Tim Nao Hilton informed Sky News that Home Secretary Suella Braverman is transferring ahead with one other “controversial” plan, which was reported by The Times day by day on Thursday, citing authorities sources, that the federal government bought marquees to accommodate migrants.
“The winners from this cruel plan will be the Home Office’s asylum housing contractors, who trouser tens of millions of pounds in taxpayer-subsidized profits as standards continue to plummet,” he mentioned.
The plan, as per media reviews, goals to accommodate as much as 2,000 migrants at former army websites starting subsequent month, till their immigration paperwork are processed.
Meanwhile, Yvette Cooper, shadow residence secretary, additionally slammed the plan, accusing the federal government of “flailing around” in its strategy to clearing backlogs.
“We’ve seen (ministers) really flailing around with the barges, the bases, the tents now. And actually, all this is alongside increasing hotel use when they should be ending hotel use because they’re simply not taking asylum decisions,” she informed LBC radio.
The UK’s different controversial plan is retaining as much as 500 single males on a floating barge as Bibby Stockholm barge arrived in Portland on the coast of Dorset final week.
Tackling small boat crossings is one in every of British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s 5 priorities as over 45,000 migrants arrived within the nation crossing the Channel final yr.
Source: www.anews.com.tr
