'Inhumane': three-quarters of Home Office asylum appeals fail

Refugees are unnecessarily forced through traumatic and expensive court cases, say lawyersThree-quarters of final immigration court appeals brought by the Home Office against rulings allowing asylum seekers and other migrants to stay in the UK are dismissed, according to figures seen by the Guardian.The low success rate raises concerns the Home Office is putting people through lengthy and expensive court processes when it has little chance of winning. One lawyer warned the figures, which will be associated with the so-called hostile environment policy, showed the government was needlessly “stopping people getting on with their lives”. Continue reading…
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