Refugees could contribute £266,000 each to the UK economy: that’s the claim made by Together with Refugees and the Public and Commercial Services Union (PCS) in a report published today, which says ‘fair and humane changes to the asylum system’ could benefit Britain. Unfortunately, something isn’t quite adding up. Spectator Verify has investigated, and we’ve found that not only is the £266,000 figure highly dubious, but that it’s reasonable to believe the policies proposed could have a significant net cost to the economy.

The report makes no secret of the fact its proposals are extremely expensive

Welcoming growth: the economic case for a fair and humane asylum system proposes four measures, three of which could be ruinously expensive. These include cutting asylum-claim processing tim

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