The backlog of asylum cases in the UK has hit a new record high, Home Office figures show.
There were 78,768 asylum applications in the UK in the year to June 2023, relating to 97,390 peopleA total of 175,457 people were waiting for an initial decision on an asylum application in the UK at the end of June 2023, up 44% from 122,213 at the end of June 2022 and the highest figure since current records began in 2010.
However, the number of cases waiting a decision has risen by less than 1% in the three months to the end of June, suggesting the rise is slowing down.“This is in part due to an increase in the number of initial decisions made, and an increase in the number of asylum decision makers employed,” the Home Office added.
Before then, the previous high was in 1990, when it stood at 82%, although the volume of applications was much lower at that time.This is up year-on-year from 66,384 applications relating to 79,922 people in the 12 months to June 2022. The number of Albanian small boat arrivals peaked during the summer of 2022 and by early 2023 had dropped below levels seen in 2021.
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