Immigration could 'clobber' Government at any time, warns pollster, as Reform signals intent to capitalise on 'fury' over the issue
Immigration could 'clobber' Government at any time, warns pollster, as Reform signals intent to capitalise on 'fury' over the issue
And while Saturday’s 973 people crossing was the highest in nearly two years, it was still outside the top eight worst days of the crisis, which were all in the 12 months from November 2021. The minister said the key for the Government would be clearing the asylum backlog, which would allow an end to the practice of using hotels to house asylum seekers, that has seen the buildings become a magnet for protest and riots, and serve as a constant reminder of the crisis to voters.“People here are still very much blaming the Tories but I think we need to close the hotels as soon as possible because it’s such an easy target for the far right,” the minister said.
It had taken the new Government six weeks to scale up capacity but it would soon hit 11,000 decisions a month, the source added. But he said “enforcement policy is thought to be a relatively weak indicator of current and future flows ”. “Labour is exploring a deterrent – offshore processing – but it is very early days and there is a real lack of international evidence on what kind of effects off-shore processing might have.
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