Home Secretary announces task force to target 'crooked' immigration lawyers
, speaking about the task force, said:"Crooked immigration lawyers must be rooted out and brought to justice.
"While the majority of lawyers act with integrity - we know that some are lying to help illegal migrants game the system. It is not right or fair on those who play by the rules. "The British people want us to put an end to illegal migration - I am determined to crack down on these immoral lawyers and stop the boats."But Richard Atkinson, deputy vice president of the Law Society, said:"This 'task force' has been around for months now, so it is not clear what, if anything, the government is announcing today."
He added:"The focus of the Home Office on a tiny minority of lawyers to which they are apparently applying considerable resources should not deflect from the fact that there remains significant backlogs in asylum claims or the unworkability of the Illegal Migration Act." For Labour, shadow justice secretary Steve Reed said it was"too little too late" and the"buck stops" with the Conservatives, accusing them of having"sat idly by for 13 years while illegal migration has spun out of control".
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