Hotels, barges and former military sites would no longer be used to house asylum seekers under a Labour government, the party said as it promised new staff to cut the current claims backlog. Shadow home secretary Yvette Cooper said that Labour’s plans would save the taxpayer over two billion pounds. She added, “Let’s get back to a properly controlled and managed asylum system.” Report by Covellm. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
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00:00 The Tories have left the asylum system in total chaos.
00:02 We're setting out plans to save the taxpayer over £2 billion,
00:07 with more than 1,000 additional caseworkers
00:10 to clear the backlog and decisions,
00:12 and also a new returns unit with over 1,000 new staff
00:16 to make sure that we can fast-track decisions
00:18 for safe countries and returns.
00:21 We've got to end the costly hotel use,
00:23 but also the costly barges, RAF Scampton,
00:26 the home of the Danbusters.
00:28 Let's get back to a properly controlled
00:30 and managed asylum system instead.
00:32 Well, we set out proposals for a new security partnership
00:37 with -- involving Europol, other European police forces.
00:41 We believe that that is not just in the UK's interest,
00:45 but in the interests of countries across Europe,
00:48 and is a way to smash the criminal gang networks
00:51 alongside having stronger powers here in the UK
00:54 to deal with the smugglers.
00:56 Convictions of people smugglers is down by a third.
00:59 At a time when you've got this serious problem,
01:01 we have to go after the criminal gangs.