Open your homes to asylum seekers to help cut living costs, report urges Britons

A group of people believed to be migrants leave the Manston Immigration Detention Center on Monday. Credit: Gareth Fuller/PA

Britons should open their homes to asylum seekers to help cut £2.2bn in annual hotel costs, says a report backed by a former cabinet minister.

< p>The government should adopt a Ukrainian refugee-style sponsorship scheme for asylum seekers from other countries, according to a report backed by former Attorney General Brandon Lewis.

An analysis by the Policy Exchange think tank found £3.5 billion in annual spending to support asylum seekers in the UK, including hotels, allowances, healthcare, school places and new bodies such as Small Court Operations Command.

The cost of the hotel accommodation is £2.2bn, more than the £2.1bn government funding for the second round of funding and three times the £630m homelessness investment.

Within Six, the report calls for «galvanizing the spirit of volunteerism» to extend Ukrainian-style sponsorship schemes to citizens of other countries, including asylum seekers of Iranian, Afghan, Syrian, and Iraqi origin.

He also suggested that volunteers be mobilized to help teach English to reduce the burden on the state budget from such training and pave the way for asylum seekers to integrate into British society, and stated that the asylum system was not only «incredibly expensive ”, but also “exclusively state-owned”.

Illegal arrivals reported

In the foreword, Mr. Lewis said: “We must do more to galvanize community efforts, for example by extending the sponsorship model for Ukrainian refugees to other nationality, so that the burden of supporting refugees is distributed evenly, and does not fall on the poorest.”

However, he stressed that such a move must be accompanied by decisive action to stop illegal crossing of the English Channel through the Illegal Migration Act.

The legislation allows ministers to detain and quickly deport any migrant arriving illegally in a third country. a safe country like Rwanda or their home country.

«As an urgent priority, the government should stay on track with its plans to stop small boats, as the total volume of those crossing the English Channel is the single biggest factor costs,” says the Policy Exchange report.

“Once this is achieved, it will be possible to introduce a new safe and legal route – under parliamentary oversight – that shifts the focus of British support away from those who illegally cross English Channel, to those who really need it, like women and children in conflict zones.» the level of which will be determined by Parliament. Priority will be given to women and children.