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Miriam Burrell

Asylum tribunal capacity extended in bid to tackle backlog of 25,000 cases

Home Secretary Suella Braverman

(Picture: REUTERS)

The Ministry of Justice is extending the number of days tribunals can operate in a bid to process up to 9,000 more immigration and employment cases by the end of March.

The government hopes that by allowing judges in the Immigration and Asylum Chamber to hear more cases over the next three months, further progress can be made on the 25,000 cases currently in the system.

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