StoneRoad2013's photos with the keyword: migrants

Updated to 31st Dec 2023 - number of people detected crossing the English Channel in small boats. Much of the flattening of the curve in the latter months [Nov & Dec] will be due to unsuitable weather conditions ... I doubt if the people smugglers will be taking account of things like the proposed deportations to rwanda, partly at least because it is very difficult to catch these modern day slavers and secure convictions. . not my image : fair use & public information

The small section of the legacy backlog still remaining appears to be the more complicated applications. There are still people awaiting an initial decisions whose applications were made just after the arbitrary 28th June 2022 date ... Also, there was a significant increase during 2023 of abandoned / withdrawn applications - which suggests both people disappearing into the underlevels of society and a degree of administative fudging to achieve this artificial and politically driven "target" ... . not my image : fair use & public information

A significant proportion of the "withdrawn" applications in 2023 were dropped by the government, after they made it much easier for them to do that [for example, a missed appointment]. . Some 5k applications from Albanians were refused in 2023. . Being cynical, I wonder how many of the "withdrawn" applications were dumped by the government - on spurious grounds - in order to claim that the "legacy backlog" was being cleared on target. . not my image : fair use & public education

These applications are continuing to accumulate ... despite the steady progress in clearing the "legacy backlog" ie pre 28June2022 applications. It is only after September 2023 that there is any significant decrease in the overall total of applications awaiting an initial decision. . Not my image : fair use & public education

In my opinion, this "legacy decision backlog" built up partly because of covid, partly from the significant increase in applications, but also because the home Office just didn't have enough staff to properly assess each case in a timely manner. Being somewhat cynical, I'm now wondering how carefully cases will be assessed as the Home Office are going to be under political pressure in dealing with this backlog ... . not my image : fair use & public education

Comparisons of the years between 2019 and 28th November 2023 for the relative numbers of people detected & detained crossing the English Channel in small boats. [an unknown number may have evaded the authorities, who now have the difficult task of determining whether these people are economic migrants, true asylum seekers or refugees, or victims of people smuggling rings - and what to do with them in each case] . not my image : fair use & public education