A fast track migrant appeals process will do little to solve the small-boats crisis or help to deport foreign criminals faster, Keir Starmer has been warned.
The Tories and Reform UK said the proposals are designed to see off public anger over migrant hotels but are nothing more than 'tinkering at the edges' of the asylum system.
On Sunday, Home Secretary Yvette Cooper announced plans for a new independent body to fast track appeals and speed up the process of removing people with no right to be in Britain.
Judges who currently oversee refugees' challenges to Home Office asylum decisions will be replaced by a panel of 'professionally trained adjudicators'.
At the moment, there are 51,000 appeals waiting to be heard – taking an average of 53 weeks – and the Home Office argues the new system would allow migrants to be moved out of hotels faster. It came as tensions flared during the third day of protests outside migrant accommodation.
