Backlog of rejected asylum seekers’ appeals up 500% in two years
- The number of failed asylum seekers waiting for appeals has increased by nearly 500% over two years, according to Home Office data.
- By the end of 2024, 41,987 failed asylum seekers were waiting for decisions on their rejected claims, rising from 7,173 in early 2022.
- The appeals backlog has grown by nearly a quarter since September 2024, hindering efforts to relocate migrants from hotels.
- The Refugee Council forecasts that failing to address the backlog could cost taxpayers nearly £1.5 billion this year.
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Asylum appeals aren’t helping Labour close migrant hotels
The top mandarin at the Home Office gave the game away. At a somnolent session of the Commons home affairs committee, Sir Matthew Rycroft revealed that Labour had dropped a key pre-election pledge, made just 72 hours before polling day. Instead of moving all asylum seekers out of hotels ‘within 12 months’, as the party
Immigration backlogs beyond the border
Picture this — you are waiting in line at everyone’s favorite government office, the DMV. Your driver’s license recently expired so you have to take a few hours out of your day to wait in a seemingly endless line to receive your new license. Except, instead of your driver’s license, imagine you are waiting for a green card or asylum papers. And instead of a few hours, imagine you are waiting several years for the DMV to say if it will even give …
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