The number of failed asylum invaders being supported by the taxpayer because they cannot be sent home has soared by a third to more than £70 million a year, it has been revealed. This is money coming directly from the pockets of British taxpayers.

More than 9,600 of these parasites, whose pathetically false stories are too lie-filled even for the shockingly weak Asylum Tribunal to believe, are now receiving help to buy food and other essentials at a cost of almost £70million-a-year. The true figure is likely to be even higher because the official total does not include children and other dependents.

Sir Andrew Green, chairman of pressure group MigrationWatch UK, said: “There is a growing tendency to call for people to be allowed to stay on in Britain even if there is no risk of persecution if they return to their own countries. Yet the more the Government fails to remove, the more it brings the law into disrepute.”

A total of 2,220 failed asylum invaders were granted support between April and June this year, up 36% on the same period last year.

The figure, which amounts to 24 a day, is the highest quarterly total for more than three years and signals an ever-growing and expensive backlog of failed ‘asylum seekers’. The would-be invaders involved are classed as ‘hard cases’ because although they have had their application for asylum turned down, they cannot be returned to their home countries for some reason.

That can include a medical condition, the lack of a ‘viable route’ home or because the case has been taken for judicial review.

As of June, 9,620 failed asylum invaders, not including their dependents, were receiving support from the state. That would leave the taxpayer with an annual bill of around £68million.

The number applying for asylum in Britain in the second quarter of this year was 5,720 — up 15% on the same period last year. In the 12 months to this June there were 25,070 asylum applications, a 12% rise.

Removals of failed asylum seekers in the second quarter of this year totalled 2,930. That was a 20% decrease on the same time last year and the lowest figure for more than six years.

Fifteen authorities who provided figures for a study by Islington Council in London estimated they spent up to £12million between them last year on support. If that was repeated in all 172 authorities responsible for such support, the annual bill would top £130million.