Official figures come despite Tory pledge on immigration that “overall numbers will come down” and a promise to reduce the asylum backlog.
is facing pressure from both sides of the Conservative Party over his migration pledges after official figures showed more than 1.4m visas were granted and a record asylum backlog built up last year.
There were more than double the amount of family-related visas granted in the previous year, while 28,986 permits were issued to family members of EU nationals with settled status, the Home Office figures show. “The New Conservatives have a clear plan for the Prime Minister to pick up and run with, and we stand ready to deliver it.
The number of asylum seekers waiting more than six months for an initial decision stood at 139,961 at the end of June, up 57 per cent year on year from 89,231 and another record high. Meanwhile, Home Office spending on asylum in the UK in 2022/23 stood at £3.97bn, nearly double the £2.12bn in 2021/22, government figures show.Bright Blue, the centrist Tory think-tank, said the figures showed Mr Sunak needed to change tack on the Channel crisis.
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