Home secretary Shabana Mahmood.Shabana Mahmood has been accused of “performative cruelty” over plans to charge asylum seekers for the cost of their accommodation.
The home secretary said the £4 billion the government the government spent on housing refugees last year was “too high”.
She wants asylum seekers to pay up to £10,000 once they are earning enough money. It is not yet known what that salary threshold will be.
Under measures to be unveiled in the new Immigration and Asylum Bill being unveiled on Tuesday, they must pay off the full amount they owe before they can be eligible to settle in the UK permanently.
Mahmood said: “We have already reduced asylum costs by £1 billion, but it is also right that we ask those who can contribute to do so,” she added.
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