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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Politics
David Hughes

Government promises asylum appeals overhaul as hotel protests continue

A new fast-track asylum appeals process will be introduced to speed up the process of removing people with no right to be in the UK, Yvette Cooper has promised, amid protests about the use of hotel accommodation for migrants.

The Home Secretary said “completely unacceptable” delays in the appeals process left failed asylum seekers in the system for years.

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