Home Office under fire for multiple failings
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Published: 11/11/2014 |
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MPs committee condemns Home Office for extended delays in reaching decisions on asylum claims
A new report by the Public Accounts Committee condemns the Home Office for multiple failings and delays in the processing of asylum claims. The report identifies a range of failings within the Home Office’s new UK Immigration and Visas Department since its creation just eighteen months ago, including the use of outdated data and information, poor quality IT resources and the loss of 120 experienced caseworkers. (Scottish Refugee Council)
The Committee’s report found that the number of people who had not received an initial decision on their claim for asylum increased by 70% in the first quarter of 2014 in comparison with the first quarter of 2013.
This catalogue of problems means that around 29,000 people seeking sanctuary in the UK are waiting for a decision on their asylum case, some of whom have been waiting for more than five years. Of these 29,000 people, 11,000 have yet to even receive an initial decision on their asylum case.
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