Thread by @stand_for_all

For roughly £20 million the Home Office could've cleared the asylum backlog it created, reducing associated costs such as hotels. Instead it plans to pay nearly £10 billion on a policy which appears specifically designed to fail. #r4today 1/
thetimes.co.uk/article/4c2cf7…

The #IllegalBill, can only put more people at risk, including tens of thousands of children. It denies modern slavery victims protection, boosting gang control, and removes human rights from the most vulnerable, as well as sees children risk deportation 2/
theguardian.com/world/2023/mar…

The government's own figures show that, despite rhetoric of the likes of Braverman, the vast majority of those seeking asylum in the UK, by any means, receive it because they need it. Data also shows how few comparatively to likes of France etc UK takes 3/

https://twitter.com/stand_for_all/status/1628822721885790208?t=xdquo1PEqg4K7b6x5Yyp2A&s=19

People aren't coming to the UK because of its benefits system. Not only are asylum seekers blocked from getting council housing, they are also denied the right to work, and receive less support, including financial, than in countries such as France and Germany. 4/

As the @ukhomeoffice's own analysis shows though, even that doesn't make a big difference, for the same reason as deterrents don't work, people seeking asylum don't tend to know the policies of the country they are seeking it in. They seek it because of existing ties. 5/

All of this means Braverman's #AntiRefugeeBill is a pointless, inhuman and costly exercise in cruelty, built on misleading and inflammatory rhetoric, which won't reduce anything, but will increase the number of people at risk, including children, at more expense. #StopTheBill 6/

Full respect to @refugeecouncil for actually doing the working out on this, which appears to be more than the Home Office has done. 7/