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People crossing the Channel by boat to seek asylum are visible in a way that people making different journeys to UK to do so are not. Ministers & others have exploited this visibility to excite some sense of national emergency. But what is the reality… 1/11
Firstly, there were more asylum claims made in UK in 2019 than 2020. In first half of 2021, there were more claims than in first half of 2020 but still fewer than same period in 2019. So, over period of heightened attention to boat crossings, asylum claims haven’t gone up. 2/11
Secondly, backlogs & delays in asylum system have significantly increased over this period. Pandemic certainly had an impact as did @ukhomeoffice response to it. And Ministers have added to this by delaying consideration of many claims. 3/11
