UK asylum backlog rose before election despite Sunak pledge to cut numbers_l
Home Office figures show number of asylum seekers waiting for initial decision up in June despite clampdown The UK’s asylum backlog has crept upwards in 2024, statistics show, despite pledges by the last government to drive numbers down. Home Office…
“Tragedy Unfolds: UK Asylum Seeker Deaths in Home Office Care Double in Just One Year”_l
‘Deeply troubling’ statistic partly blamed on vulnerable people being ‘left isolated’ with little financial support The Bibby Stockholm barge in Portland, where some asylum seekers were held. Photograph: Finnbarr Webster/Getty Images The number of asylum seekers who have died in the…