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..., a report by the National Audit Office found....
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...Under the new agreement, signed with Kigali this year, thousands of pounds would be offered to people whose asylum application has been denied but who cannot be returned to their home country....
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...The Home Office said in a statement: “We’re focused on delivering for the British people and stopping the boats....
...Home Office data shows that 6,265 people have arrived in small boats this year, a 25 per cent increase compared with the same period in 2023....
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...His case appeared straightforward, according to Asylum Aid the charity helping him — about 98 per cent of asylum applications from Afghans in 2022 were successful, according to Home Office data....
...Just under 30,000 people entered the UK by crossing the Channel on small boats in 2023, down a third from the previous year, according to Home Office figures....
...The IPPR estimates were based on Home Office data and a report released by the National Audit Office, the UK spending watchdog, this month....
...asylum seekers bussed to New York over the past 20 months alone....
...Home Office minister Lord Sharpe insisted during the debate that there was nothing in the bill that conflicted with the UK’s legal obligations....
...Sunak defined the “legacy” backlog as asylum cases that had been outstanding up to late June 2022, when new asylum laws were introduced in the UK, but 98,000 applications lodged since then are yet to be...
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