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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Maroosha Muzaffar and Thomas Kingsley

Cost of living news – live: Energy price cap rises to record level as support bill soars

PA Wire
Autumn Budget: Chancellor increases energy windfall tax to raise extra £14bn

The asylum and immigration system needs a “complete overhaul” charities have warned, adding that the structure is in “serious peril.”

Amnesty Internationa called for the provision of safe routes for people seeking to come to Britain, faster processing of claims and an end to the plan to send migrants to Rwanda.

Marley Morris, IPPR associate director for migration, trade and communities, said the asylum system is in “serious peril,” while charity Freedom from Torture said the government had run the asylum system into the ground.

The organisation's refugee and migrant rights director, Steve Valdez-Symonds, said: “On the anniversary of the tragic mass drownings in the Channel, these figures show the UK’s system for processing asylum claims remains in complete disarray.

Shadow home secretary, Yvette Cooper, said the Conservative Party has failed to stop dangerous Channel crossings and tackle criminal gangs

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