And when none of it works and loads of it ends up in court, they’ll blame the judges and the lawyers!
This is very disappointing from this government. Do they really have no good ideas? And have to go policy shopping around the world for the worst schemes?

And is already very restrictive for those with convictions
Making it more so - for people who have done all the right things (learn a language, work, form relationships, stay out of trouble) is cruel
The only thing which stands a chance of stopping the boats is more visa schemes. 5/

This will not only leave people in limbo for years but will be phenomenally expensive for the taxpayer! Who’s going to pay for all these extra applications? Currently protection visas are free - are they going to charge the applicant?
Legislation on interpreting Article 8 ECHR exists already 4/

So is the government going to lift the restrictions?
Next - reducing protection visas to 30 months is not only cruel but unworkable by this Home Office (under any administration over the past 20 years). Any claim that requires an assessment of risk on return sits undecided for months, often years 3/

They can work if they already had leave to remain when they claimed asylum (eg were a student)
I don’t know anyone who has preferred to claim asylum support rather than work.
Asylum seekers who are given the right to work can only work in jobs on the immigration salary list - very restrictive 2/

And it’s not immigration that has caused this. These problems AND the immigration crisis are the result of government inertia and slow and bad decision making, wasting money on unworkable policies and austerity policies.

This idea that the UK is "excessively generous" is a flat out lie. Countries such as France have far higher support for this seeking asylum for example. It's a myth used to try and defend the indefensible. Britain has never been welcoming, it has only got more hostile
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