The British government wants to take about 500 asylum seekers to a floating shelter. The Home Office plans to hire the triplane Bibby Stockholm and anchor it off the southern English coast at Weymouth, the Times and Guradian newspapers reported Tuesday.
The cost of the project is approximately £20,000 per day plus food, security and healthcare. Due to the departure from the EU, the British government no longer has a readmission agreement with the European Union. Her new plan now is to save money. According to the government, accommodation of migrants in hotels would cost millions of euros per day.
Regional politicians are threatening a lawsuit
Criticism comes from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and local and Conservative Party representatives. Local Tory MP Richard Drax called the use of boats or barges “entirely and absolutely out of the question”. Existing problems would be exacerbated in this way. “We are investigating all legal means. We will look for ways to stop this,” he said.
Home Office officials countered that pressure on the asylum system had increased, forcing “we have to look for accommodation options that offer more value to the taxpayer than hotels”. in the first quarter of the year. Contrary to what the cabinet states, this is about a fifth less than in the same period last year.
A controversial law stipulates that all people arriving irregularly must be detained for weeks and then deported to Rwanda or other countries. Critics accuse the Tories of exaggerating the problem and trying to win back voters with harsh measures.
Source: Krone
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