Strap yourselves in. Today it’s emerged that the legal aid bill for Channel migrants is £71million over the last five years. That’s £38,000-a-day bill. A record more than 500 migrants crossed in a single day on Wednesday. Channel crossings are up 10 per cent on this time last year – the total is more than 4,000. The Home Office expects to spend £1.2billion on housing asylum seekers in large accommodation sites, that’s around £46million more than using hotels. Some ex-RAF sites were set to cost £5m each, instead it’s cost £49million for Wethersfield and £27million for Scampton. Rwanda could cos…
