Hovering numbers of overseas nationals are claiming asylum after arriving on common visas, the Mail can reveal in the present day.
A minimum of 20,000 such functions have been lodged within the 12 months to June, a document excessive.
The whole has surged by greater than 100 per cent in a yr, exposing a stunning abuse of authorized routes.
The overseas residents are handed the correct to come back to Britain quickly – for work, research or a go to – however then declare refugee standing to remain completely. The claims made up a couple of fifth of all asylum functions.
‘It’s clear the migration system is working very far wanting what our constituents count on,’ stated Miriam Cates of the New Conservatives group of backbench MPs. ‘The Authorities wants to shut loopholes like this as a matter of urgency.’
The most important variety of asylum claims by visa holders is known to come back from Bangladeshi nationals. Many have been additionally made by Pakistani and Indian nationals.
Hundreds are thought to have been granted visas for vacation or enterprise causes. These individuals are normally allowed to remain for only some weeks or months.
Alp Mehmet of Migration Watch UK, which campaigns for more durable border controls, stated: ‘This has lengthy been a scam-ridden space about which the Authorities has little curiosity. Issues have been made worse by abandoning face-to-face interviews in nations college students come from.
‘Management has been handed to universities who’re glad to supply locations however settle for no duty for college kids’ departure.’
Web migration – the distinction between the quantity arriving and people leaving – hit a document 745,000 final yr, pushed by an inflow from non-EU nations.
The Mail on Sunday revealed in October that universities had been warned a couple of ‘marked’ enhance in college students searching for asylum.
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