The shocking amount of overseas aid money actually spent on asylum seekers in Britain | Politics | News
One -fifth of the British overseas budget is actually spent to support refugees and asylum seekers in the UK. In the years 2027-28, the UK will spend £ 8.9 billion for overseas assistance, but according to the Independent Aid Commission (ICAI), £ 1.8 billion will be spent to deal with the immigration crisis.
“Eye irrigation cost” was described by the conservatives as ilen unavoidable ”. Shadow House Office Minister Katie Lam said: “This broken system rewards delay and indecision, while the British taxpayer highlights the invoice. Those who do not have the right to stay here should not stop in hotels. It should be detained and deported over the years.
“For the last 12 months, Keir Starmer will do nothing to eliminate the flow of immigrants who risk their lives to cross the channel to cross the channel, while Keir Starmer systematically dismantled each deterrence.
Chancellor Rachel Reeves said that the accommodation costs of the National Audit Office may encounter £ 15.3 billion for 10 years, he announced that he plans to end the use of hotels hosting asylum seekers until the end of this parliament.
However, ICAI said that progress was “slow” in reducing aid expenditures for refugee costs.
According to ICAI calculations, shelter costs are expected to receive a total UK official development aid financing of £ 1.8 billion up to 2026-27, the following year 1.8 billion and 2028-29.
The total overseas expenditures expenditures are expected to decrease from £ 10 billion to £ 8.9 billion the following year and increase to £ 9.4 billion in 2028-29.
This is expected to go to asylum costs before one-fifth of the total assistance expenditures in 2027-28 fall to a sixth level in 2028-29.
The ICAI commissioner Harold Freeman, who led the new report, said that the government has already taken some steps to address “the flaws in the system ,, but more changes should be made.
He said: “The British Development Program is at a turning point with budget discounts against a basis for global conflicts, climate threats and increasing humanitarian needs.
“At the same time, the British asylum costs are likely to continue to suck a significant portion of our aid fund.
“The government has taken steps to address some flaws in the assistance system determined by the past ICAI study.
“However, more changes will be needed to maximize the effect and value for the money of the remaining development budget.”
The government was contacted for a comment.
Last year, the guard increased 28% – or 4.3 billion £ – £ 28% of all the UK aids in 2023, and then hosted refugees and asylum seekers in the UK under the previous conservative government.
ICAI said that the amount of overseas aid expenditures for internal refugee costs is partly related to long accommodation in shelter hotels due to visa plans for the people of Afghan and Ukraine.
This means that Britain really spent the British gross national income on international development up to 0.24%. In February, Sir Keir announced that it reduced its aid expenditures from 0.5% to 0.3% of gross national income in 2027, but labor officially undertakes to increase the assistance of 0.7% of national income.
