In addition, the number of clerks must be doubled to be able to process the large backlog of asylum applications by the end of 2023, Sunak said in the British Parliament on Tuesday.
The Prime Minister also announced the creation of a new unit to monitor English Channel crossings. The number of these crossings had recently increased considerably. It is “unfair” for people to enter the country illegally, the prime minister said. “We have to stop the boats.”
As Sunak went on to say, 400 officials will only deal with asylum applications from people from Albania. British border guards will also be stationed at the main airport of the Balkan state. According to official figures from London, almost a third of migrants who entered the UK illegally this year are from Albania.
New laws will ensure that anyone arriving in the UK illegally will not be allowed to stay in the country, the prime minister said. He also promised more raids to better enforce deportations. Refugee workers and human rights activists criticize the conservative government’s strict plans for undermining the right to asylum. They demand more legal entry routes for refugees.
The growing number of people illegally crossing the English Channel has been a thorn in the side of the Conservative government for years. She is trying to halt the trend with tough measures and wants to fly migrants – regardless of their asylum status – to Rwanda, among other things. The end of freedom of movement and thus control over one’s own borders was an important argument for Brexit.
(SDA)