Migrants who used the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) to dodge deportation last year will cost taxpayers nearly £5billion over their lifetimes, it was reported today.
Internal Home Office analysis found the cost of granting each asylum seeker the chance to remain in the UK because of their ‘right’ to a family life was £141,000 over their lifetime.
The calculation assumed they would pay taxes, the Daily Telegraph reported.
Nearly 35,000 arrivals were granted the right to stay in the UK under Article 8 of the ECHR, the right to a family life, in 2025.
It means the cost of funding their healthcare,
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