The Prime Minister has given priority to the government to the government to deal with illegal immigration and “restoration order”.

Sir Kir Stmper has promised “breaking gangs”. This follows the pledge of the anterior sage Sunak’s “stopping boats”.

Nevertheless, small boat crossings have reached a record level for this point in the year – about 1,200 migrants arrived on 31 May like this.

The BBC Verifai sees major government vows – from ending the use of asylum hotels to the refunding of more unsuccessful asylum seekers.

Labor promised “End Refugee Hotel, taxpayer saving billions of pounds“In his general election manifesto.

The government wants to fulfill this vow by the end of this Parliament – which means 2029, until an initial election is called.

However, recent figures suggest that in the end of June 2024, a few days before the general election, there were more refuge in hotels in March 2025.

In late June, 29,585 people were at the hotel. By March, there were 32,345 – although the number has decreased compared to December.

The government regularly does not publish data on the number of actual hotels in use, but the figures obtained by the BBC verified show were 218 refuge hotels in December, above 212 in July.

Once someone applies for asylum, they receive legal protection while waiting for the decision – including housing if they cannot support themselves financially.

Almost all the people coming by small boat claim asylum – they created a third of all refuge applications in the last 12 months. Another large group of claimants was already in Britain who had abolished their visa.

The refuge process determines if a person can live in the UK because they have “well -established fear of harassment” in their country.

Since 2020, the government has been rapidly dependent on hotels, partly because other types of asylum housing supplies have not been placed with numbers coming in small boats.

But the use of asylum hotel is expensive – £ 8m per day in 2023-24,

As of June 1, 14,812 people had arrived in Britain in short boats this year, which was almost one third of this time last year.

To reduce the number of crossings, the government has promised to disrupt people smuggling gangs behind it.

But it is not clear how the government plans to measure its progress, or when the target will be met.

The home office reported that American data was being “collected and published in the future” on the work done by the authorities to disrupt criminal gangs “.

French authorities have some information about efforts to prevent small boat crossings – under the 2023 deal, receiving £ 476M from the UK in three years.

They say that around 24,791 people were prevented from crossing between July 2024 and May 2025. We do not know what happened to him or did he try to cross again.

High-profile cases of UK-based smugglers are being sentenced, To include a person who helped in smuggling more than 3,000 people And raided the continent.

And both recent UK-UU summit Mortgage To work together when finding solutions to deal with illegal immigration.

It includes people who reach small boats, or are hidden in lorry, and those who live in the UK after their legal visa ends.

Most immigration of Britain are legal – it includes people who are allowed to come to work, study, refuge or come for other authorized purposes.

In the last 12 months, about 44,000 people illegally entered the UK – about 5% out of about one million people who came to the UK between April 2024 and March 2025.

The government has also promised “To clean the shelter backlog,

This refers to the backlog of claims by shelter seekers who are waiting to hear if they will be given refugee status and allowed to live in the UK.

From last summer, decisions in asylum cases have increased by 58%.

This is combined with a recent decline in applications, which means that the overall backlog of refuge cases has fallen compared to the end of June 2024.

Under labor, 40% of asylum claims were given between January and March 2025.

Another backlog that the government wants to clarify is the mountain of appeal of the court to the refugee after rejecting claims.

The backlog has deteriorated since last summer election.

There were around 33,000 cases at the end of June, in December approximately 42,000 – at least the highest total since 2015.

The government has also promised to “increase” the “returns” of people who have no legal rights to be in Britain. It said that it would set up a new return and enforcement unit with 1,000 additional employees.

Between July 2024 (when labor came to power) and May 2025, 29,867 returns were recorded by the home office,

It is 12% above 12 months ago as compared to the same period.

Therefore, the government is fulfilling this vow, but it is worth noting that only 7,893 people were forcibly removed – in which an aircraft can be escorted by an immigration officer.

In this figure, 8,511 unsuccessful shelter seekers were returned in this period, but they do not say how many were applied or voluntary.

From January to March, separate government figures gave a full breakdown, many of which voluntarily left, at that time without the help of the government or at that time without its knowledge, even, even at that time, its knowledge had done, As the BBC verification has earlier stated,

It is despite repeated claims of ministers that the government has “removed” or even “deported” to many people.

The home office says that all returns results are the result of collective efforts by the department.