asylum

Tories Slammed For Spending Billions More Than Planned On The UK's Asylum System

The Institute for Fiscal Studies accused the Home Office of making "woeful" spending forecasts.
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Rishi Sunak Has Been Slammed Over His 'Misleading' Claim To Have Cleared The Asylum Backlog

How's that "integrity, professionalism and accountability" thing working out, prime minister?
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Stats Watchdog To Investigate Government's Claim To Have 'Cleared' Asylum Backlog

Rishi Sunak and James Cleverly have been scrutinised for their interpretation of the numbers.
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Rishi Sunak Rapped For Falsely Claiming Asylum Backlog Has Halved Under The Tories

The official statistics watchdog says there has actually been a huge increase in unresolved cases.
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Minister Struggles To Explain How Iranian Woman Fleeing Persecution Could Seek Asylum In UK

"I think you’re answering a different question Mr Tugendhat," Mishal Husain told him.
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Keir Starmer Brands Rishi Sunak 'Absolutely Deluded' Over Small Boat Crossings

Labour leader and prime minister clash over asylum seekers during combative PMQs.
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Suella Braverman Struggles To Say How African Orphan Could Seek Asylum In UK

The home secretary was skewered by a fellow Tory MP during an awkward exchange.
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Hold On – Why Is A European Court Overseeing The UK's Asylum Plans?

And no, it's got nothing to do with the EU.
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Liz Truss Hits Back After Church Of England Says Rwanda Asylum Plan 'Should Shame Britain'

"Those people need to suggest an alternative policy that will work," the foreign secretary said after the first flight was given the green light to go ahead.
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Asylum Seekers’ Makeshift Housing ‘Impoverished, Run-down And Unsuitable’

An inspection of Napier Barracks in Folkestone and Penally Camp in Wales found residents "depressed" and "hopeless".
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