Migrants who have been fighting deportation from the UK received more than £70million in legal aid in just five years, figures have shown. Legal costs totalled £71million between 2019 and 2023, averaging around £38,000 a day. A record £18million was forked out in 2020, with the costs coming in at £13million last year. Costs continue to skyrocket as the Home Office struggles to get its Rwanda policy off the ground. A huge asylum backlog puts further pressure on the Government, with hundreds of illegal immigrants arriving every week. More than 500 migrants crossed the English Channel last Wednes…
