Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb
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Asylum: Channel Crossings
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Lord Murray of Blidworth (Con)
I am afraid that I cannot provide the noble Baroness with an update on the child rights impact assessment, but I am sure that it will be provided.
Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb (GP)
My Lords, I cannot understand why the Government are dead set on spending huge amounts of money on sending asylum seekers to Rwanda. In fact, we would be much better off if we let them work here, as most of them want to do. Have the Government thought about that at all—about making them taxpayers?
Lord Murray of Blidworth (Con)
As I have said many times in this House while the noble Baroness has been present, the reason why asylum seekers are not initially allowed to work is in order to prevent a very large pull factor encouraging illegal migration.