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A group of people are brought in to Dover, Kent, by Border Force officers
THE Home Office’s “cold-hearted” asylum reforms could cost the taxpayer billions of pounds a year, according to a new report.
While ministers have claimed that measures in the new Nationality and Borders Bill are aimed at cutting costs, calculations by a coalition of campaign groups suggest the taxpayer could be hit with “eyewatering” outgoings.
According to estimates calculated by the Together with Refugees coalition, five key policies in the Bill could cost £2.7 billion a year.
DIANE ABBOTT warns that Shabana Mahmood’s draconian asylum proposals fuel racist scapegoating and risk demoralising Labour’s base – potentially paving the way for Farage to No 10
Britain’s proud asylum history, from sheltering the Kindertransport escaping Hitler to Basque children fleeing fascist Spain, required tireless campaigning against persistent opposition — and it’s up to all of us to do our part today, writes SABINA PRICE
