132 refugees deported, then sneak back & allowed to stay
ASYLUM HOPEFULS RETURN IN MATTER OF HOURS
SOME 132 asylum seekers who were kicked out of the UK have won the right to stay here after sneaking in for a second time, Home Office figures reveal.
Some boomerang refugees arrive back on our shores just hours after having been flown out when their initial asylum claims are refused.
In some cases, would-be asylum seekers who are booted half way around the world back to their homeland make the same journey around the globe again.
The Home Office has revealed 132 people have returned to Britain to claim asylum in the last six years after previously being expelled when similar applications were turned down.
It means the taxpayer is being landed with thousands of pounds of expenses in first paying for the person to be deported as an illegal immigrant – before then being hit with the bill to provide them with asylum when their second attempt is successful.
Official papers show these second-time asylum seekers come back to the UK from all over the globe.
In 2017 there were 19 cases, of which 17 were sent back to the first European country they entered only to arrive back in the UK just days or months later.
These return refugees have come from Libya, Somalia, Uganda and Ethiopia in Africa, as well as Iraq, Bangladesh, China and Pakistan.
The figures for the number of people who are deported after an unsuccessful asylum application, who then return and have their claim accepted, were revealed in a Freedom of Information Act response from the Home Office.
A Home Office spokesman said: “The UK has a proud history of granting asylum to those who need our protection.”