Record number of asylum claims in Labour’s first year but real progress has been made to slash the backlog, as Holly Bancroft and Alicja Hagopian report
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Record number of asylum claims in Labour’s first year but real progress has been made to slash the backlog, as Holly Bancroft and Alicja Hagopian report
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Record 110,000 people claimed asylum in the UK in the past year
Though the asylum backlog is at its lowest level since 2021, the government is still housing over 100,000 asylum seekers. A third…
Number of people arriving on small boats rose over past year as an average of 71 migrants now being crammed onto dinghies
As Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood faces a Labour revolt over her planned overhaul of the asylum system, Alex Ross looks at how…
Home secretary vows to make refugee status temporary as part of system overhaul
The use of asylum hotels has risen under Labour, but the party has pledged to empty them by the next general election
