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On social media today — asylum backlog cleared. it is just over a year since rishi sunak told parliament he would abolish that backlog by the end of 2023, two days ago, but did he really manage it? the government says the pms pledge applies only to what it calls the legacy backlog. now, those are asylum seekers who were waiting for a decision on their claim for refugee status before june the 28th 2022 and that bit of the backlog, in the blue here, well, you can see that has fallen significantl...

Of the governments headline claims suggest. and finally, ijust want to show you this. although the legacy backlog has gone down considerably, this is cases after the 28th ofjune 2020. have a look. they have gone up considerably over time. they now stand at 94,000 — more than the legacy backlog was when rishi sunak pledged to get rid of it. there is no timescale for dealing with this at the moment. 0ur political correspondent damian grammaticas is in the newsroom: so we have been through the nu...

Morning. is it fair to say there is some controversy over these figures? it is a new year but it is a very familiar political debate raging this morning. notjust on the topic, which is asylum and illegal immigration, which we will have heard lots about and will hear a lot about this year, but also, as you say, and what exactly it is the government is claiming. rishi sunak is claiming success on clearing the legacy asylum backlog. that word legacy asylum backlog. that word legacy is important. wh...

To three key deals which they claim are helping turn the tide. a deal with france, improving security on the coast around calais. a deal with turkey to disrupt smuggler supply chains. and a deal with albania to return failed asylum seekers. of course, the deal the government regards as the game—changer is with rwanda, but that plan was ruled unlawful. almost everyone who arrived in small boats last year has claimed asylum, which brings us to the prime ministers second big promise on immigratio...

Towards the end of the year. but then have a look at this — december. there are still 4,500 cases left. the government says these have been looked at, but more work needs to be done. but whats clear from this, from the home offices own figures, that there are still some cases in the older asylum backlog. its not gone entirely. now, its also worth having a look at how the government has got the backlog down so significantly. these figures are for the first nine months of the year. as you can se...

To ferry people across the channel, it is about getting after the money of these people smugglers and it is about working hard both on the uk border and across europe. that is what driven this 36% reduction. at the same time, is that youre seeing an 80% increase. we are a positive outlier because of the actions that we have taken. so this is not about the weather, this is about the work the home office officials have been doing both domestically and with their counterparts across europe. opposit...

Originally, they asked for 35% to compensate for past inflation. in scotland, union members accepted a 12.a% offer from the scottish government. in northern ireland, junior doctors are being balloted on strike action. and in wales, as weve heard, there is a strike planned. ministers have said they wont talk to the bma while strikes are planned in england, but the door is otherwise open for negotiations. further talks seem possible, but whether they lead to a resolution of this bitter dispute is ...

Labour party is pointing out this morning, not every case that was in the legacy backlog has been decided. they are being looked at. there is a500 cases which have been reclassified as complex cases. that means the government needs to keep looking at them. there is also 17,000 or so cases where applications for asylum have been withdrawn. the government doesnt really know what has happened to them. in some cases they might have absconded and entered the underground economy. those are the debates...

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The backlog down so significantly. these figures are for the first nine months of the year. as you can see, the number of cases being approved has gone up significantly. thats led critics of the government, like nigel farage, to say that theyve rushed through claims. its also worth having a look at this bit in yellow, the number of withdrawn cases. thats at a record high. it includes people who decide not to pursue their asylum case, but it also includes those the home office decides to take out...