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Cost of asylum system soars to £3.97bn as backlog hits new record high

Home Office spending almost doubled in 2022/23, and figures show 80% of asylum seekers are waiting longer than six months for a decision

Evening Standard

Soaring asylum backlog deemed ‘disastrous record’ for Sunak and Braverman

Campaigners warned people stuck waiting for a decision are exposed to ‘immense suffering’.

The Independent UK

Cost of asylum system nears £4bn as backlog hits new record high

Home Office spending on asylum rose by £1.85bn in 2022/23, and figures show 80% of asylum seekers are waiting longer than six months for a decision.

The Independent UK

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Asylum cases backlog in UK hits record high with 170k awaiting decisions

The backlog of asylum cases in the UK has hit a new record high, Home Office figures show.

The National (Scotland)

UK asylum backlog hits record high as over 175,000 await decision

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

The Guardian - UK

Asylum backlog reaches new record high

Home Office figures show a total of 175,457 people were waiting for an initial decision on an asylum application in the UK at the end of June 2023.

The Independent UK

How the government fought against The Independent’s Afghan campaign – and was forced to capitulate

Rishi Sunak, his ministers and their officials dragged their heels for five months – saying it was not possible to offer the pilot help and arguing that the rules did not apply to him

The Independent UK

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Festival boss steps up legal action over drug testing with ‘pop up labs’

Parklife co-founder Sacha Lord is urging the Home Office to legalise pop-up drug testing at festivals

Evening Standard

Q and A: What is the latest update to the EU Settlement Scheme and how does it work?

Find out about the latest EUSS update and what it means for pre-settled and settled status holders in the UK

Evening Standard

Home Office considered use of overseas workers in case of disease on Bibby Stockholm

THE Home Office considered drafting in overseas workers using a visa waiver in the event of an outbreak of an infectious disease on the Bibby…

The National (Scotland)

Home Office considered using overseas workers in case of disease on Bibby Stockholm

Ministers had planned to issue visa waivers to cover staff absences on barge housing asylum seekers

The Guardian - UK

‘A huge heart’: the insatiable activism of Zimbabwean exile Patson Muzuwa

The long read: After agitating against Robert Mugabe in Harare in the late 90s, Patson Muzuwa fled to the UK. He continued the fight from afar, and became a tireless torchbearer for those he had to leave behind

The Guardian - UK

Home Office criticised over immigration detainee medicine removals

Watchdog says policy on prescribed drugs could lead to a medical emergency and endanger lives

The Guardian - UK

‘Asylum seeker housing to cost £5 billion a year under Government’s Rwanda plan’

Housing costs will balloon as a ‘perma-backlog’ of asylum seeker cases grows, says Institute for Public Policy Research

Evening Standard

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The Guardian - UK

UK bill for housing asylum seekers ‘to hit £5bn a year by end of next parliament’

Thinktank says new Illegal Migration Act likely to deepen crisis by leaving thousands more people in limbo

The Independent UK

Government plans to tackle migration risk creating ‘perma-backlog’ – think tank

The Illegal Migration Act could lock thousands of asylum seekers into limbo and in need of continuing Government support, the IPPR warned.

The Independent UK

Britain facing ‘permanent asylum backlog’ and £5bn accommodation bill under new Tory migration act

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

The Guardian - UK

More than 100 Manston asylum camp guards unable to start work

Recruits on full salary while waiting months for permission to work at Kent site due to lengthy security checks

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The Independent UK

Afghan women kept apart from British husbands by UK government’s ‘callous’ English rules

Exclusive: MPs warned Afghan women face barrier getting to the UK due to ‘bureaucratic’ English language rules

The Guardian - UK

Suella Braverman refusing to roll out asylum-support scheme deemed ‘more humane’

The UN hailed a pilot project that cut the cost of helping refugees, but the Home Office remains set on hardline illegal migration bill

The Independent UK

£1m counterextremism funding returned to Home Office despite rising terror threat

Exclusive: Commission for Countering Extremism returns funds to government as sources say ‘no one knows’ what body does

The Independent UK

Small boat migrant arrivals top 25,000 since start of Sunak premiership

Labour accused the Prime Minister of failing to get a grip on the migrant crisis in the English Channel.

The Independent UK

Thousands of modern slavery cases rejected in Home Office crackdown on ‘bogus claims’

Genuine victims of modern slavery not getting the support they need, charities warn

The Independent UK

Rishi Sunak’s vow to stop small boat crossings ‘delusionary’, former French ambassador says

Sylvie Bermann warns long coastline and smugglers’ changing tactics mean crossings cannot be totally stopped

The Guardian - UK

UK gun lobby accused of helping to ‘skew’ consultation on tightening laws

BASC and Countryside Alliance advising supporters how to answer consultation launched after Plymouth mass killings

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