THENATIONALPULSE (Pulse Wires) - One Year’s Intake of Asylum Seekers to Cost $6.7 Billion.
Nigel Farage has raised concerns over the financial burden of asylum seekers granted residency under human rights laws, citing Home Office figures estimating a ~$6.7 billion lifetime cost from just one year's intake.
Nigel Farage has raised concerns over the financial burden of asylum seekers granted residency under human rights laws, citing Home Office figures estimating a ~$6.7 billion lifetime cost from just one year’s intake. PULSE POINTS WHAT HAPPENED: Nigel Farage has warned that Britain ‘s border crisis is “bankrupting” the country after Home Office data revealed that 34,400 migrants granted residency in Britain last year under Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR ), the so-called right to “private and family life” often used to shield migrants with relations in Britain from deportation, is projected to cost British taxpayers the equivalent of about $6.7 billion over their lifetimes. DETAIL: The report…Open