Asylum – a system crying out to be abused
by Alp Mehmet, The Conservative Woman:
THE illegal Channel crossings crisis is a pernicious recipe for unfairness. It is not surprising that nearly three-quarters of the public think the government is handling immigration badly. The failure to tackle the crossings has no doubt contributed to this perception. If the government wishes to reverse this trend, it needs to examine existing policy and come up with one that is fit for purpose.
Though it seems neither parliament nor government recognise how unfair illegal Channel crossings are – five times higherso far this year than last (see Migration Watch’s Tracker) – the British public most certainly do, as do legal migrants and genuine refugees who see the combination of illegal entry and asylum abuse as a veritable web of unfairness.
Illegal entry is an injustice to all those patiently waiting in line, paying visa fees and observing the rules, to enter the country legally. Those who have entered lawfully have a right to expect other would-be migrants to abide by the laws of the land. Yet criminal traffickers and those paying them are being rewarded for breaking the very laws that are meant to manage and control entry fairly.
The reality is that we have an asylum system that is begging to be exploited and is, indeed, being abused on a huge and rising scale in a way that makes a mockery of our generosity. It wastes huge amounts of taxpayer money, destroys proper support for refugees and delays the claims of genuine claimants. This web of unfairness has to be unpicked by the government to solve a massive problem and, if necessary by working on the international stage, to halt the growing chaos.
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