Mark Conrad 27 February 2024

Home Office 'chaos' leaves thousands of illegal arrivals in 'perma-backlog'

The Government’s struggling asylum policy has heaped significant demand on cities’ housing services, experts have warned.

A report by the Institute for Public Policy Research think-tank today said Home Office ‘chaos’ caused partly by the Government’s stuttering Rwanda policy had left 55,000 illegal arrivals to the UK stuck in a ‘perma-backlog’ – unable to work, stuck in temporary accommodation and unable to be deported to a safe third country.

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