Of those arriving, 13% are female and 12% claim to be unaccompanied children.NEW DELHI: Regret is tough to deal with. Lord Murray told peers that 11,279 people have arrived in the UK by small boat from the start of this year to June 27. He noted that Australia's Operation Sovereign Borders, a similar policy aimed at reducing illegal maritime arrivals, successfully reduced these crossings from around 18,000 in 2013 to nearly zero. "Unless we act decisively to stop the boats, the cost to the taxpayer and the damage to society will continue to grow." The minister explained: "The volumes and costs associated with illegal migration have risen exponentially, driven by small boat arrivals. He told peers the impact assessment "makes clear that inaction is simply not an option".
"It sets out the broad costs of implementing the Bill, outlines potential savings and highlights examples of where policy and operations have delivered an impact on illegal migration in other countries." Home Office minister Lord Murray of Blidworth said: "The impact assessment published yesterday supports the need for the change. "If this House is to perform its critical function in scrutinising legislation, it is necessary for complete, comprehensive and timely information about the basis on which policy choices are made and the reasons why alternative options have been rejected." He added: "The impact assessment does not contain an explanation of the costs and benefits, it does not outline alternative policy options and was not published on the same day that the Bill was introduced. Labour frontbencher Lord Ponsonby castigated the Government for the delay in the publication of the impact assessment, meaning the Commons could not consider it in their scrutiny. The Home Office document published on Monday said the policy of relocating migrants to "safe third countries" could save between £106,000 and £165,000 per person, but the figures are "highly uncertain". "In essence, this impact assessment has more holes than a gruyere cheese." "The impact assessment does not at all measure the impact on local authorities, it doesn't measure the impact on the budget of not having the third countries to remove people - people having to remain in limbo - and it doesn't measure the impact on children and on the victims of modern slavery, who are not able to obtain protection and support. "The Government has only looked at one option and, as the House has heard in committee stage, there are other choices the Government could have made.
"It's certainly not rigorous 'uncertainty' is mentioned 24 times in the impact assessment. "It tries to justify the unjustifiable by leaving out the costs of so many pieces of the project. Peers in Westminster have ripped into the assessment, claiming it has failed to consider other policy options and other economic factors, such as the cost of detaining people in limbo if the UK fails to secure removal deals with countries other than Rwanda.įormer deputy first minister of Wales and Liberal Democrat peer Lord German said: "It's no wonder that we've had to wait so long for this impact assessment because it makes uncomfortable reading for the Government. The Work and Pensions Secretary was speaking on the latest edition of Call the Cabinet on LBC. He claimed this had led to a "drop in the number of Albanians of well over 90%," he said if the Rwanda plan managed to provide the same drop in numbers it would be "money well spent." Mr Stride said he hoped the scheme would work the same as the deal the UK has with Albania which allows the government to "send people back to Albania if they've come here for the wrong reasons." On the Rwanda plan, Nick Ferrari asked Mr Stride if it provided "value for money" when the cost of sending a single person to the country was so high. Tom Swarbrick reacts to data from Home Office which revealed true cost of deporting migrants
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