![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/asylum-system-chaos-questions-answered/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/0_Record-Numbers-Of-Migrants-Cross-English-Channel-By-Sea.jpg&description=Suella Braverman claimed there is an "invasion" into England by migrants crossing the Channel, as she faced calls to quit during a stormy Commons appearance. The under-fire Home Secretary sparked outrage with the use of the inflammatory language. Ms Braverman said around 40,000 people have arrived on the south coast of England in 2022, more than double the number of arrivals via the English Channel in 2021. Despite the Conservatives being in power for 12 years, Ms Braverman also admitted the "system is broken" and that "illegal migration is out of control". Here The Mirror answers all your questions about the ongoing crisis from numbers to the cost of the immigration crisis on the tax payer. How many people do we know have come to the UK in the past year seeking asylum? The provisional total for migrants crossing the Channel in small boats so far this year hit 39,867 on Sunday, with hundreds more expected to have arrived on Monday. How does this compare with recent years? In 2021, 28,526 migrants arrived in Britain after crossing the Dover Strait in small boats. The previous year it was 8,404. The backlog of asylum cases waiting to be processed has hit 117,945. Is there a number we agree in advance to take each year? The UK has avoided setting quotas for the number of asylum seekers it will accept. But there are targets for specific schemes. In January, the Home Office outlined plans to help 20,000 Afghans fleeing their war-ravaged country to come to the UK through the Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme. Last year more than 28,000 migrants arrived in Britain ( Jon Santa Cruz/REX/Shutterstock) Wouldn't it be better if we agreed to take a certain number each year? During the summer Tory leadership campaign, Rishi Sunak suggested introducing a cap on the number of refugees the UK accepts annually. Supporters say it would provide planners with some idea of how many people they might be expected to accommodate. But critics point out that once the quota has been met, how){kind=link}
The number of migrants to have crossed the Channel in small boats this year has now hit 39,897 – here The Mirror answers all your questions on the ongoing crisis
Suella Braverman claimed there is an “invasion” into England by migrants crossing the Channel, as she faced calls to quit during a stormy Commons appearance.
The under-fire Home Secretary sparked outrage with the use of the inflammatory language.
Ms Braverman said around 40,000 people have arrived on the south coast of England in 2022, more than double the number of arrivals via the English Channel in 2021.
Despite the Conservatives being in power for 12 years, Ms Braverman also admitted the “system is broken” and that “illegal migration is out of control”.