Found this article on costs [ based on Ministerial figures ].. any italics is observations/ comment!
The direct cost of processing asylum claims, and housing people who are making asylum claims, is also a very significant and rising cost.
It is the source of a large chunk of the “black hole” in day-to-day spending that was uncovered by Rachel Reeves’s public spending audit last July.
The cost of supporting asylum seekers had risen seven times over in three years,
to £6.4 billion in 2024-25. [ Liebours first year ]
Much of this goes on the spiralling cost of asylum accommodation.
According to the National Audit Office, the UK is on track to spend £15bn over ten years with just three companies that provide asylum accommodation.
The UK will be spending about the same amount on this housing as it is on
subsidising renewable energy through its Contracts for Difference scheme.
The overall cost of processing an asylum claim in the UK was found to be
£106,000, according to the Home Office’s impact assessment for the Illegal Migration Bill in 2023
But this cost was also forecast to rise to £165,000 over four years. [ ASSUME half way through = 136,000 ]
At the current rate of income tax on the current median income, this represents more than 33 years of income tax contributions.
Based on this figure £136k =
since labour took power = about £7 - 8bn .................. and still rising!
This is, of course, why the tax system exists.
According to the Institute for Fiscal Studies,
64 per cent of the population pays out more in tax than they receive in social security in a typical year. [ so 36% dont pay ]
The social safety net is underwritten by people who are healthy and in work. [
Our NIC ( see ### ) ... and the reason the waiting lists are long and priorities are "of the great British WORKER/ CITIZEN ARE SECONDARY" ]
People seeking asylum have very good reasons why they might not be able to work, or why their capacity for work might be limited.
These are people who have fled war and famine; as a result they can face a higher likelihood of physical and mental health problems than the general population, [
but been able to make an amazing journey ]
and having been displaced they face additional boundaries, such as language and social connections.
### GD is waiting to see a neuro surgeon for assessment .. told the delay is now 2 years from referral, [Jan 2025 ] she is danger of a lot of things including losing her job! as needs to be told officially she is / has / suffers from " ???????????????" so employer has a base to assess from!
When pushed and pushed and pushed hard to the Q why? On NHS specialists can only see a certain number [ employed by NHS ] ALTHOUGH those private practitioners do some as well! THE NUMBER SEEN PER WEEK are not 100% born and bred BRITISH CITIZENS! This we all suspect as regularly reported in the media... sad to have it first hand though!
