UK lawyers were paid 11 m pounds to fight failed immigration cases
April 17th, 2011 - 6:17 pm ICT by ANILondon, Apr. 17 (ANI): British lawyers received eleven million pounds to fight cases for immigrants who were eventually told to leave the country.
New figures provided by the Legal Services Commission show another 6.3 million pounds was spent on cases where the outcome was never known, and more than 1,000 cases were taken to judicial review, costing around three million pounds, the Sunday Telegraph reports.
Each year 85 million pounds is spent on legal fees for immigrants and asylum seekers trying to stay in the country.
Many of the areas of taxpayers’ money being spent will cause concern over whether it is being correctly spent.
The Telegraph quoted Alp Mehmet, the vice-chairman of Migration Watch, as saying: “This is another example of the tax payer footing the bill in an unreasonable way. It is not too much to expect people who appeal in these circumstances to pay for it themselves.” (ANI)
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