"How did it become fact that our asylum system has been broken by the people fleeing war, rather than by those who run it? The insanity of a deterrent involving deporting four people to Rwanda at a price of 700m is now giving way to ministers breaking more than 70 years of convention to offer not sanctuary but suspicion. If we want to stop the boats we need to stop the BS when it comes to what creates refugees, and how to respond to them."
"Parliament is gripped by fear that asylum shopping is widespread, that bearded men peruse policy documents before jumping into dinghies and heading for Great Yarmouth. Even those who recognise X is not a credible source from which to make asylum policy seem resigned to the idea that there are votes in treating all who ask for help as likely to abuse it."
Migration policy increasingly treats refugees as the source of a broken asylum system rather than systemic failures. A costly deterrent plan to deport a small number of people to Rwanda exemplifies a turn toward suspicion over sanctuary. Parliament fears 'asylum shopping' despite weak evidence and misinformation. Proposed rules would force victims of torture or persecution into repeated temporary status, requiring reapplication every two and a half years and delaying access to indefinite leave to remain from five to twenty years. Temporary status reduces employment, access to banking and housing, raises dependency and long-term costs. Denmark's experience shows limited deterrence and lower migrant employment rates.
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