Party says its plan to 'take back control' of the asylum system will help it end the use of barges like Bibby Stockholm for accommodation
The temporary courts would be set up to try and ensure legal challenges against removal could be heard quickly in a drive to “take back control” of an asylum system beset by backlogs and delays.
Labour would also create a new Home Office returns unit with 1,000 staff to fast-track removals of failed asylum seekers, foreign national offenders and visa overstayers following what it said had been a 70 per cent “collapse” in deportations since the Conservatives took power in 2010. It would also fast-track asylum decisions on those who arrive via small boat from safe countries, such as Albania and India, whose applications are likely to fail.
These claims will be processed in weeks with swift removals organised, the party said, while insisting it does not need a new returns agreement with India, which is accounting for an increasing proportion of Channel migrants.and move migrants out of hotels where they are awaiting decisions.Once the backlogs and delays are cleared, a Labour government could end the use owhich are currently costing £2bn a year.
The party is anticipating the Home Office having to make another request to the Treasury Reserve for cash, having claimed £2.4bn last year for asylum accommodation.
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