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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Kiran Stacey Policy editor

Home Office to overhaul asylum appeals system as it tries to clear claims backlog

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Yvette Cooper promised the new appeals system would be ‘swift, fair and independent, with high standards in place’. Photograph: Andrew Aitchison/In Pictures/Getty Images

Yvette Cooper will prevent judges from hearing appeals from rejected asylum seekers as part of government plans to clear the claims backlog more quickly.

The home secretary will set up a new system of “professional adjudicators” to hear cases brought by people who have had their asylum claims turned down as the government looks for ways to process tens of thousands of cases.

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