Today the Prime Minister provided an update on the Government’s action on stopping the small boats
I’m pleased that progress has already been made:
- Illegal immigration is down by 20% despite rising by 30% in the rest of Europe
- By taking illegal immigrants out of hotels and creating shared accommodation, the British taxpayer has already saved £250million
- Albanian asylum claims are down by 90% and 1,800 Albanians have been deported to their country
- Illegal working raids and arrests have doubled in the last 6 months
- The French deal has stopped 33,000 channel crossings last year
Whilst there’s plenty left to do, I’m pleased we are seeing a real difference to illegal immigration.