Immigration minister Robert Jenrick has insisted the Residence Secretary and the Prime Minister are “utterly aligned” of their stance on migration. He instructed broadcasters: “The Prime Minister, the Residence Secretary and I are utterly aligned on this difficulty. We see web migration as far too excessive. “We’re taking decided motion this week. If we have to take extra motion we are going to, as a result of web migration is putting an insupportable strain on public companies, on housing, on our capability to combine folks”. He additionally mentioned he’s “assured” the Authorities will clear the legacy asylum backlog by the top of 2023. The feedback got here shortly after he steered that processing migrant claims sooner would probably “result in a rise” in folks crossing the Channel. “I’m assured that we’re going to get the legacy backlog cleared by the top of the yr,” Mr Jenrick instructed broadcasters.