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Net migration into the UK hit a record 906,000 in the year to June 2023, much higher than previously estimated, official figures show. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) originally estimated ...
On the same day, the cabinet suspended decisions on asylum applications by Syrians for six months, following the fall of the Assad regime. [33] The cabinet submitted the Asylum Emergency Measures Act and a bill to reintroduce a two-tier asylum system to the Council of State, the Council for the Judiciary , and
The British government has been given powers to detain asylum seekers and migrants at any stage of the asylum process. [21] The use of asylum has increased with the introduction of the process of "fast track", or the procedure by which the Immigration Service assess asylum claims which are capable of being decided quickly.
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2 January – The Home Office says it has fulfilled a pledge to clear a "legacy" backlog of 92,000 asylum applications lodged before July 2022. But after it subsequently emerges that over 4,000 cases are still waiting for a decision, the Office for Statistics Regulation (OSR) announces an examination of the figures the next day. [4] 3 January –
The Government is spending £6.8 million a day housing migrants in hotels and Home Office figures published in August showed the cost of the UK’s asylum system topped £2 billion a year for the ...
A Home Office Immigration Enforcement vehicle in north London. The Home Office (HO), also known (especially in official papers and when referred to in Parliament) as the Home Department, [2] is a ministerial department of the Government of the United Kingdom. It is responsible for immigration, security, and law and order.
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