On Sunday, the government said it would reform its asylum appeals process to accelerate decisions, reduce a backlog of cases and phase out the use of hotels to house asylum seekers.
Under the plans, an independent body of adjudicators would be created to handle asylum appeals and reduce the backlog of 106,000 cases, including 51,000 appeals with average wait times exceeding a year.
Interior minister Yvette Cooper said the changes were part of efforts to “restore control and order” to the system.
(Reporting by Sam Tabahriti; Editing by David Holmes and Ros Russell)