Why do they like wasting our money?
https://metro.co.uk/2023/06/26/it-co...co=mosaic_news
Each asylum-seeker sent to Rwanda could cost the UK £169,000, new figures show.
This number includes flights, detention and a £105,000 per-person payment to the central African country.
The estimate is from the Home Office’s own numbers, published in its economic impact assessment on Monday.
It argues that the policy of relocating migrants to ‘safe third countries’ could save between £106,000 and £165,000 per person.
It acknowledges the figures are ‘highly uncertain’ and says the measures would need to deter 37% of people from crossing for the costs to be recouped.
In other words, nearly two in five people would need to be deterred from crossing the Channel in small boats for the Illegal Migration Bill to break even.
The assessment said it is ‘not possible to estimate with precision the level of deterrence’ the Bill will have.
It noted that academic consensus is there is ‘little to no evidence’ that policy changes deter people from leaving their home countries and seeking refuge.
Instead, research shows that shared language, culture and family ties are ‘strong factors’ influencing the choice of final destination.
https://metro.co.uk/2023/06/26/it-co...co=mosaic_news
Each asylum-seeker sent to Rwanda could cost the UK £169,000, new figures show.
This number includes flights, detention and a £105,000 per-person payment to the central African country.
The estimate is from the Home Office’s own numbers, published in its economic impact assessment on Monday.
It argues that the policy of relocating migrants to ‘safe third countries’ could save between £106,000 and £165,000 per person.
It acknowledges the figures are ‘highly uncertain’ and says the measures would need to deter 37% of people from crossing for the costs to be recouped.
In other words, nearly two in five people would need to be deterred from crossing the Channel in small boats for the Illegal Migration Bill to break even.
The assessment said it is ‘not possible to estimate with precision the level of deterrence’ the Bill will have.
It noted that academic consensus is there is ‘little to no evidence’ that policy changes deter people from leaving their home countries and seeking refuge.
Instead, research shows that shared language, culture and family ties are ‘strong factors’ influencing the choice of final destination.
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