BBCNEWS BBC News June 4, 2024 14:16:00
Persecution from the taliban, are among five nationalities being offered a fast—track route to being granted asylum in the uk. as part of government efforts to speed up the asylum system, they'll now be able to have their cases decided without ever being interviewed face—to—face. and we expect to abolish the backlog of initial asylum decisions by the end of next year. last december, the prime minister said that by the end of 2023, his government would eradicate the backlog of 92,000 asylum claims that had been stuck in the system for more than six months. but new figures show the backlog...