Government Failures After Brexit Not Migrant Crossings Across The Channel Broke Uk Asylum System Mps Say

Parliament’s home affairs committee said ministers should stop trying to find “magical solutions” such as the Rwanda deal and fix domestic problems instead of looking for “flashy headlines”. Her report, released days after Home Secretary Priti Patel walked out of an evidence session, said poor resources for staff and technology were a “significant factor” in the system’s collapse, causing decision-making to slow down as asylum applications were increasing. A record 110,000 asylum seekers are awaiting initial decisions on their claims and the government has a legal duty to house those facing destitution for the average 14 months each one needs. A deal that allowed asylum seekers to be sent back to the EU countries they traveled from was lost during Brexit and the government has “completely failed” to replace it, the report says. He said the necessary cooperation with France on the Channel crossings had become “very political post-Brexit” and that the UK needed to work with European countries rather than seek a “magical one-size-fits-all solution to tackle irregular immigration”. Diana Johnson, chair of the home affairs committee, said: “It is clear that the asylum system is broken, but those crossing the Channel have not broken it.” He told the Independent: “Administrative problems that have been brewing for many years are at the root of why the system is in such disarray now. “It’s the hard miles you have to put in in government to make systems work, work and be fit for purpose – those are the things that people have to do right. “But it’s not the stuff that makes headlines, whereas you make headlines when you send everybody to Rwanda.” The report concluded that the legal requirement to be present in the UK to claim asylum, coupled with the government’s failure to provide safe and legal routes for those traveling across Europe, “leaves people with little choice but to use drastic measures to get here.” At least 166 people are believed to have died trying to cross the Channel since 2014, but the number of small boat crossings has continued to set new records. Priti Patel admits there are no safe and legal routes for asylum seekers crossing the Channel The home affairs committee called on the government to focus on creating a safe and legal route for asylum seekers trying to reach the UK from mainland Europe, who are currently declared ‘inadmissible’ and face criminalization under the new laws. He suggested that juxtaposed asylum assessment facilities, in line with current border controls in northern France, would remove the need to cross as long as French authorities take responsibility for claims rejected by Britain. The report said the Home Office “failed to anticipate the increase in small boats” in 2018 after crackdowns on truck and ferry crossings prompted asylum seekers and smugglers to seek alternative routes. He said official warnings in 2019 had gone unheeded and the government should not “be left behind as it responds to developments it was warned about more than two years ago”. Ms Patel and other government ministers have pointed to the £4.7m daily cost of hosting migrants in hotels as one of the justifications for the Rwanda deal and moves to criminalize Canal crossings, but the report said that the delay in Home Office decisions forced it to support more asylum seekers for longer. “Antiquated IT systems, high staff turnover and too few staff are among the reasons for this slow pace,” the home affairs committee found, describing how officials were forced to manually enter decision-making information into massive spreadsheets that repeatedly crashed. . “This crisis has been building for many years, but this government’s response, characterized first by carelessness and then by poor decision-making, has exacerbated these problems and undermined public confidence in the asylum system.” People preparing to enter the water in Penzance, Cornwall PA Cameron Smith kisses the claret jug on the 18th green after winning his 150th Open at St Andrews Old Course R&A via Getty Ministry of Entertainment skaters during the annual International Busking Day event at Wembley Park, London PA Ellen White, Millie Bright, Beth Meade and Rachel Daly celebrate with fans after England beat Northern Ireland in their final Euro 2022 group game in Southampton. 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