British Government’s immigration policy: Economic ruin with few consequences

The administration has been insisting for months that the bill on housing refugees becomes law. Hotels It is very high and allows it to be used Military Bases disused barges such as ‘Bibby Stockholm’ – described as “floating prison“by the organizations human rights— will significantly reduce costs. However, the latest data London It shows that savings for the public purse are almost non-existent: immigrants ‘Bibby in Stockholm means: more than 25 million eurosThis means a cost per person similar to that in hotels (close to 90 Euros per day).

In the case of deportation to Rwanda, the economic impact is even more pronounced. Although not a single plane to Kigali has taken off yet, the Government has paid compensation of 240 million pounds (277 million euros) to the African country for now. To this figure we must add another approximately three million euros that the Executive allocated to the budget. judicial processesA case that resulted in a negative decision by the Supreme Court, necessitating the submission of a new bill to the Parliament to avoid the judges’ decisions. It is not yet known how much the deportation plan will total; Sunak has refused to disclose this figure despite repeatedly demanding transparency. opposition.

Election calculation

high costs immigration policy The British Government questioned one of the prime minister’s main arguments, the economic austerity claim, and gave force to the Prime Minister’s accusations. rivalsConnecting these measurements to a calculation voter. “The Conservative Party is mistaken if it believes that it can mobilize a significant part of its voters with these initiatives,” the former leader of the Labor Party explains to El Periódico de Catalunya of the Prensa Ibérica group. Jeremy CorbynWho thinks about this?’conservatives‘They have a distorted image of reality that is reinforced by some right-wing media. “HE racism It makes a lot of noise, but there are a lot of decent people who don’t see it. refugees He sees him as an enemy, but he sees him as a neighbor.

Beyond electoral calculations, some MPs labor The purpose of these policies political survival Sunak’s hardliners within his own party are putting increasing pressure on the prime minister to initiate deportations to Rwanda at all costs. “The government is trying to bait the most” radicals “He is a member of the Conservative Party and is trying to compete with other political forces to its right,” says the MP Richard Burgon. “But that shouldn’t distract us from what really matters, which is that the Rwanda bill is immoral and wrong. It uses immigrants as scapegoats, and that’s very dangerous,” he adds.

deterrent effect

Executive insists its policies comply with the EU international right He points out that although the economic benefits may not be reflected in the short term, they will have a deterrent effect on irregular arrivals of immigrants in the long term, which will mean a noticeable decrease in the cost of aid to immigrants. and refugees. “I believe this is the right investment to achieve the goals of saving lives at sea, preventing people from drowning in the English Channel and controlling costs in the way every taxpayer in the country wants to see,” he told Sky. For legal immigration, the state Tom Pursglovelast December.

But both the opposition and refugee support organizations warn these policies will not stop thousands of people continuing to come to the UK seeking asylum. “They claim to be a deterrent, but they are not. Those who come here are desperate, we need to look at the countries they come from: Sudan, Eritrea, Afghanistan…In many cases it is influenced by the British Government’s foreign policy,” says Andy Brown, a volunteer with Care4Calais. “This is the classic distraction tactic: blaming refugees for exercising their Convention rights.” International law“.