Minister for Justice says there ‘has to be a consequence’ for people refused asylum
The Government will be 'chartering flights to remove people who aren’t entitled to be here', Jim O'Callaghan said. Photograph: Gareth Fuller/PA Wire
A total of 2,403 deportation orders were signed and issued to failed asylum applicants last year, an increase of 180 per cent on the previous 12 months. He told Virgin Media’s Tonight Show that the State would be “buying seats” on flights chartered by the agency to return unsuccessful applicants to their countries of origin, but he could not give a commitment as to when this would happen.
“Too many people are coming in claiming asylum when they’re not entitled to asylum, and the real losers in that situation are the people coming in who are entitled to asylum but, because of the heavy pressures on the accommodation system and because of the heavy pressures on processing, their claims don’t get heard early enough and they don’t get accommodation.
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