The recent UK election has ushered in a new government and changes to UK asylum policy. While there is still much work to be done, Labour has achieved some significant strides in its first few weeks in government.The recent UK election has ushered in a new government and changes to UK asylum policy. While there is still much work to be done, Labour has achieved some significant strides in its first few weeks in government.

The government should reject all of its predecessors' disastrously hostile immigration and asylum policies. The quick implementation of new legislation has a negative influence on people.

The new government promptly abandoned the unworkable Rwanda program. The High Court heard that the government's principal refugee accommodation site, a former RAF base in Essex, is currently unsuitable for any migrants.

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has already stated that he intends to close Wethersfield, although the Home Office has yet to decide on the site's future.

The Ministry of Justice has proposed utilizing it as a prison if asylum seekers are relocated.

Asylum seekers who have been living at a conference center in Cornwall, Ont., are concerned about how swiftly their move-out date approaches.

The good aspects of the new government's Mr Cooper stated on Monday that a total of £10 billion has been set aside for the scheme's operation over the next five years, in addition to the £700 million already spent.

However, the possible monetary savings pale in comparison to the moral implications; the Rwanda proposal was fundamentally flawed and should never have been contemplated. Never again must the United Kingdom use its economic strength to pay a poorer country into accepting vulnerable people, especially one that is clearly unsafe. No such strategy will ever work; nonetheless, it does cause enormous harm to people.

Home Secretary Yvette Cooper announced the termination of the Illegal Migration Act's (IMA) retrospective component, allowing the Home Office to handle petitions for those who arrived in the UK on or after March 2023. This legislation has put thousands of people in limbo, and we hope they will soon be allowed to go forward with their lives. The barge, moored in Dorset, was entirely unsuitable lodging for persons seeking safety and will not be renewed beginning next year.

According to the British government figures, Bangladesh had the ninth highest number of asylum seeker applications lodged in the UK by the end of March 2024. Because of the UK Home Office's massive backlog of asylum cases, Bangladeshi asylum claimants suffer lengthy wait times for the decisions. This indicates that their chances of settling in the United Kingdom are still low. But the current situation about the student movement might give them an extra chance.

According to the House of Commons Library, until June 2023, there were 215,500 asylum cases in progress.

These included 5,100 cases awaiting appeal outcomes, around 41,200 cases targeted for removal action, and 138,000 cases in the process of initial decisions from the Home Office.

Backlogged appeal cases have also led to the long wait for asylum seekers to be granted refugee status within the UK.

The latest government data showed that Bangladesh asylum seekers were the fourth largest group to lodge asylum appeals in the first quarter of 2023.

Barrister Md Iqbal Hussain the principal solicitor of Chancery Solicitors London told to Daily Dazzling Dawn,We must create safe avenues for those fleeing war, persecution, and violence. We need to make it easier for families separated by conflict to reunite safely. We want the government to ensure that every single person, regardless of how they arrived in this country, whether by plane or otherwise, is treated similarly.

"I understand that there is a lot of resentment and frustration in this nation because of the fear of immigration, especially when some people assume asylum seekers are looking for benefits.

"However, these impressions of asylum seekers may be incorrect. If they are granted legal status, they will be able to directly contribute to the British economy.

The Illegal Migration Act should be repealed completely and replaced with a system that benefits everyone.

We require a fair and efficient asylum system that processes applications promptly and allows persons seeking safety to move forward and start rebuilding their lives.

Four sectors with skills shortages have initially been identified: health and social care, construction, engineering and IT. While acknowledging there is currently a need for migrant workers to fill the vacancies in these sectors, Labour has also confirmed it intends to require employers to implement workforce and training plans drawn up by relevant government departments to train up local workers, reducing future reliance on overseas workers. If individual companies are deemed not to be doing enough on workforce training, they may lose their ability to sponsor migrant workers. 

It has been reported that Labour may reintroduce the ‘resident labour market test’, which requires employers to show they have tried to recruit in the UK before hiring from overseas. Together with the aforementioned workforce plans and changes to employment law, employers could expect a heavier financial and compliance burden under the new government.