British Prime Minister’s Government Rishi Sunak is determined to deter migrants crossing the English Channel so that they do not travel to United Kingdom and also save a good amount of money. To do this, the country’s authorities plan to buy a barge with floors capable of accommodating hundreds of people. In addition, two military bases will also be set up instead of hotels, where migrants are often housed. There are currently more than 51,000 asylum seekers in the UK staying in 395 hotels, according to the BBC, generating a daily cost of around 7 million euros.
for now, it is unknown where the floating tower block will be moored although The Times, the newspaper that has published the information, assures that it will not be in the middle of the sea but that it will be anchored to a port in the british coast.
These types of barges are designed to service offshore construction projects, so they only have basic facilities. Among other issues, he is about to design the plan to manage security problems that may arise within the floating block between the tenants. Other facilities that have been assessed by the Executive have been disused cruise ships, empty holiday parks and old student dorms
Robert Jenrick, Secretary of Migration, will soon confirm the Government’s plans to locate 3,000 immigrants who are currently staying in hotels to establish them at two Royal Air Force bases. One of them could be the Scampton base, in Lincolnshire, from where the Dambusters planes flew. The other facility would be the former Wethersfield base in Essex. The Times reports that councils are against this plan and have in fact already threatened legal action if the government’s measures are successful. Also against the use of military bases for immigrants is the Secretary of Foreign Affairs, James Cleverley.
At the bottom of these measures lies the idea of the Sunak government to reduce as much as possible the acceptance of 250 million euros per month. In fact, a third of the foreign aid budget goes to those seeking asylum, according to a report by the watchdog. The Independent Commission for Aid Impact (ICAI) has revealed that €4 billion was spent last year to pay for asylum accommodation.
According to a report last week from the Refugee Council, the British Ministry of the Interior will build up to 1,500 hotels, at a cost of 22,000 million euros for the next three years, should it not find alternative means of accommodating immigrants.
The new Illegal Immigration Law iIt will impose the obligation to deport all irregular migrants who arrive in the United Kingdom to third countries and plans to reject all asylum applications as inadmissible. Sunak told parliamentarians yesterday that the government has no choice but to detain migrant children to discourage people from taking their families on the “dangerous journey” to the UK.
The British Prime Minister recently told the Daily Mail tabloid that “Illegal immigration is not fair to the British taxpayer, as it is not with respect to those who arrive in the country legally. And it is not right that we allow criminal gangs to continue practicing this type of immoral trade.”
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