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    Backlog of rejected asylum seekers’ appeals up 500% in two years

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    2. Substantial-Newt7809 on

      I have and will continue to maintain that one of the solutions to the current situation is to suspend all right to appeal asylum cases and to enact 24/7 staff to work through the backlog.

      I wouldn’t even be opposed to one appeal, but right now they appeal to the first tier and upper tribunals.

      The 24/7 process thing may sound silly, but I would argue if we can do 24/7 judges to process rioters because of concern over a backlog and swift justice, surely resolving these swiftly is equally important to both the country and the individual it pertains to? While it could cost money, surely those costs would be recouped by the reduced cost of accommodating for longer.

    4. Homogenised_Milk on

      The woke agenda will not be satisfied until the violent parasite class outnumbers natives 3:1. This is because colonialism was ‘offensive’ and we must atone for the ‘hate speech’ of our fathers

    6. Plastic-Umpire4855 on

      Did you come here on a boat: then no

      Did you transit through a safe country to get here: then no

      Did you come from a safe country: then no.

      Are you a 20-30 year old man from a war torn nation: then no.

      That will clear 95% of that back log

    7. OwlsParliament on

      You’d almost think the court system and home office was intentionally sabotaged over the past 14 years

      Instead the explanation was to try and save money. Saving pennies to spend pounds.

    8. GreatBritishHedgehog on

      Unfortunately I think we just need to hit the reset button

      Too many people have come and taken advantage of the system and now they’ve ruined it for genuine asylum seekers.

      The only way now is just to do a completely pause for a few years then fix the system to all application have to be made abroad first

    9. topheavyhookjaws on

      Shocking, a post about immigration and all the bots are out it seems. The brainrot is real honestly.

    11. Farewell-Farewell on

      Name me another country where the legal system is so perverted by such endless legal process. The whole asylum system is broken.

    12. Jolly_Constant_4913 on

      I’m a bit fed up of immigration in general. I won’t blame people that want to come as I would be the same. I do however blame politicians who have cynically used them.

      The international students visas scheme was messed up from the start and then we essentially made them unemployable. A total farce which now sees those people now scrambling to get employment to stay and cover their fees at least and often work illegally as delivery drivers

      We have a lot of people from illegal background who may or may not now have residency right.

      We also have a lot of people of EU origin who have come from. Outside Europe due to convoluted legal rights they had to come to the EU and move to the UK.

      And ofc a lot of people that are totally legal.

      The Tories only managed to replace EU migration for migration outside of Europe.

      If we’re really so thriving and in need then why are so many doing spare shifts delivering pizzas. There really isn’t enough employment for most in their main job.

      I don’t think the point is unfair when people ask that these people should according to international law be staying in the first safe country. Not in some corner of Europe. Immigration is now overwhelming smaller towns which now have a very international feel when they are not even cities.

    13. IfYouReadThisYouAre on

      I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, the focus on asylum seekers to distract away from the fact 3m people have been imported from third world nations in 3 years is a disgusting ploy by the government and the media.

    14. FlaneLord229 on

      Didn’t Labour say if you’ve used a boat to come to the Uk you’re not getting asylum? I totally agree. I do support immigration but it’s at uncontrolled levels. I believe the country is being sold out for cheap migrant labour by cooperations and government and in the long run it’s going to dismantle the UK.

    15. Northwindlowlander on

      One of the less commented on tragedies of toryism is Theresa May’s genius realisation that if she broke the immigration processes, they would be able to run for years on “look how many people there are here claiming to be asylum seekers, only we the people who broke this can fix this”. It’s the absolute nightmare scenario- bad for everyone, bad for the UK of course but absolutely appalling for asylum seekers who get left in limbo for years purely so they could win political points.

      At teh same time “let’s stop trying to get it right first time” sent succesful appeals through the roof and of course that had the same effect, endless Daily Mail headlines about all these terrible appeals and how that meant there was a problem. Of course there’s a bloody problem, in 2010 the succesful appeals rate was 29% which is already dizzyingly high, now it bobs around half. Half! Any process where half of all decisions is overturned is clearly failing disastrously… Unless the point is to fail.

    16. Realistic-Machine772 on

      I’ll help with the back log. Women aged 25 or under and kis under 15 in.. Skilled men in… Everyone else nope..

    17. ThatGuyMaulicious on

      This definitely ain’t issue with just whichever governments are in number 10. Its the courts and home office just straight up sabotaging the country as they have been for well over a decade.