Fury as taxpayers forking out £1million a WEEK to migrant-chasing lawyers
Some £54.2million last year went to legal teams seeking to thwart deportations or argue asylum seekers should remain.
Campaigners say solicitors are lining their pockets by convincing clients to mount appeals.
Between March and December last year alone, some 45,787 Legal Aid claims were granted at an average cost of £827 per case.
It means solicitors pocket public cash — at £52 an hour — even if their clients have no realistic cases.
Bizarre excuses include the case of woman-beating Konrad Makocki, 37, who used European human rights laws to say he had to be near his twin sister.
Figures seen by The Sun show the cost of operating the judiciary in the Immigration and Asylum Tribunal Chamber hit £53.5million in the year to March, whilst staffing appeals cost £31.4million.
And rates are set to rise.
Former minister Sir Alec Shelbrooke said: 'It's clear that too many lawyers in the system are raking it in from public funds.
'You'd hope the government would realise that the system is ripe for exploitation, but I have serious doubts that lefty lawyer Sir Keir would do anything other than side with his own chums.'
A Government spokeswoman said: 'We are restoring order to this system, with a rapid increase in asylum decision-making.'
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