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#Cleverly[sic] accused of aggravating #AsylumBacklog by ‘dithering’ on key decisions -

Ministers under the then home secretary refused to give caseworkers permission to tackle outstanding cases covered by the #IllegalMigrationAct, departmental sources and the #UK’s biggest #CivilService union have told the Guardian.
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/article/2024/aug/30/james-cleverly-accused-aggravating-uk-asylum-backlog-crisis
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Exclusive: Ministers under last home secretary refused to empower caseworkers to tackle crisis, say sources

The Guardian

When is an asylum backlog not a backlog? When Rishi Sunak says he has ‘cleared it’ | Diane Taylor | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/jan/02/asylum-backlog-rishi-sunak-home-office

The Home Office claims to have fulfilled all its promises. Here’s what the numbers really tell us, says civil liberties writer Diane Taylor

The Guardian

Labour decries ‘chaos’ after data shows number of decisions rose but was cancelled out by bigger increase in applications

The Guardian

Britain facing ‘permanent asylum backlog’ and £5bn accommodation bill under new Tory migration act | The Independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/asylum-backlog-small-boats-rishi-sunak-suella-braverman-b2396733.html

The Illegal Migration Act will cast thousands of asylum seekers into ‘permanent limbo’, the IPPR has warned

The Independent

Government cutting asylum backlog ‘by the backdoor’ as thousands of claims removed from system | The Independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/asylum-backlog-figures-withdrawn-sunak-b2383880.html

Exclusive: Number of applications ‘withdrawn’ by Home Office quadruples after Rishi Sunak’s pledge, with 6,000 removed from list in three months

The Independent

MP blasts Braverman in fiery clash over small boats: ‘Just answer the question’ | The Independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/small-boats-bill-cost-braverman-b2357286.html

Home secretary admits the government does not know how much Illegal Migration Bill will cost

The Independent

Revealed: #AsylumSeekers waiting more than three years for #decisions quadruples | The Independent

Tens of thousands of people waiting over a year as the full scale of the #AsylumBacklog revealed

Tens of thousands of people waiting over a year as the full scale of the asylum backlog revealed

The Independent