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The PM is under fire as it was revealed that taxpayers are footing the \u00a3112 daily bill it costs to house migrants in detention centres, while some stay there for up to three years. Rishi Sunak has been blasted after new stats revealed that nearly four in five migrants held in detention centres were released, rather than deported in 2022.<\/p>\n
Nearly 80 percent of those held in immigration detention centres were released into UK communities – with half as many deported as the average across 2015-2019. Migrants held in such centres are supposed to be there ahead of being deported – but the annual report by the Independent Monitoring Board (IMB) found the majority were just being released back into the country.<\/p>\n
Co-Deputy leader of Reform UK Ben Habib, reacting to the report, said it was \u201cmore evidence of [Mr Sunak\u2019s] failed migration \u2018policy\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n
He told Express.co.uk: \u201cSunak and his colleagues insist on not policing our borders and instead relying on deportation as their answer to illegal entry. That would all be fine and dandy if we did in fact detain and deport people. We do not.\u201d<\/p>\n
READ MORE <\/strong> Fresh headache for Rishi Sunak as Tory MP investigated<\/strong><\/p>\n The former MEP added the UK \u201cwill not get a grip of illegal migration unless and until we recognise that border control means controlling borders. The boats must be stopped in the Channel and sent back to France.<\/p>\n \u201cWe have all the international law required to conduct this simple and obviously workable solution. The problem here is not the European Convention on Human Rights but our governing class, who do not see the territorial integrity of the UK as important.\u201d<\/p>\n The government\u2019s summary of migration data between 2015 and 2019 suggests a higher proportion of people were deported than in 2022, according to the Guardian. An average of 44 percent were deported in this time frame – twice as many as the 22 percent deported in 2022.<\/p>\n People were also kept in the centres for longer than previous years, with one even kept there for more than three years. The cost of detention is \u00a3112.85, according to the Home Office.<\/p>\n It comes after Mr Sunak dodged a potential Tory uprising over the second reading of his controversial Rwanda plan in Parliament last week. The policy, which saw the PM threatened with rebellion from the so-called \u201cFive Families\u201d Conservative pressure groups, seeks to ship illegal migrants to the southeast African country. While it successfully passed its second reading in the Commons on Tuesday, there remains a long journey ahead for the Rwanda plan.<\/p>\n The government has pledged to increase the UK\u2019s capacity to hold people in immigration detention centres to prepare for the scheme to finally come to fruition. The Rwanda plan will still need to pass further readings in the Commons in January before hitting the House of Lords. Speaking to the Times, a source claimed a \u201cbloodbath\u201d awaits the PM if he is unable to see it through.<\/p>\n Don’t miss… <\/strong> ![](\"https:\/\/cdn.images.express.co.uk\/img\/dynamic\/139\/590x\/secondary\/rishi-sunak-rwanda-plan-5121167.jpg?r=1702910491584\")
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