What is the Refugee Convention? Cleverly insists every asylum case has been resolved
by Dominic McGrath
Jan 03, 2024
2 minutes
Home Secretary James Cleverly has rejected claims that the Government was wrong to say it has cleared the backlog of older asylum cases, as new figures show thousands of cases remain unresolved.
Cleverly said that "every single" legacy application had been processed. PM Rishi Sunak pledged to "abolish" that asylum backlog by the end of 2023.
According to new figures, the total asylum backlog now stands at 99,000.
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