Labour's Asylum Policy Criticised

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The Times & The Sunday Times

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Labour accused of continuing Tories’ ‘dangerous rhetoric’ on refugees

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Yvette Cooper announced a goal to deport more than 14,000 illegal migrants and foreign criminals by the end of the year .

She also said that the National Crime Agency will recruit 100 extra intelligence and investigations officers to target the people-smuggling gangs providing the small boats that transport migrants across the Channel .

Since Labour was elected last month , the Home Office has sent nine flights returning migrants to their home countries.

Law firm Duncan Lewis began legal challenge to Tory justice secretary’s failure to increase legal aid fees for immigration and asylum work.

It claimed thousands of eligible individuals could not find a lawyer willing to work for rates that had been unchanged for years .

Lenegan calls on the government to “urgently get to grips with the importance of a properly funded and functioning legal aid system”.

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