We will end the Channel migrant crisis

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

68% : Telegraph readers will have heard many politicians talk tough on illegal migration before.
58% : And as we tackle illegal migration we will create more of those routes, working with the UN's refugee agency to identify those most in need.
55% : The only way to come to this country for asylum will be through safe and legal routes.
51% : These include: a new operational command with over 700 extra staff that will deploy all the latest technologies - including drones - to tackle small boats in the Channel; increased numbers of immigration officers to focus on enforcement allowing us to increase raids on illegal working by 50 per cent; more case workers, working more productively, in a radically redesigned system, which will abolish the backlog of initial asylum decisions by the end of next year; and an end to the appalling situation where we spend £5.5 million of taxpayers' money every single day to house illegal migrants in hotels.
45% : But today, far too often, those seeking asylum are not directly fleeing war zones or at risk of persecution.

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