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UK Vows To Speed Up Asylum Claims As Hotel Protests Spread

An anti-immigration protestor outside a hotel south of London believed to be housing asylum seekers (Credit: AFP)

The UK government vowed on Sunday to overhaul its asylum system after weekend protests broke out across the country at hotels housing migrants, with more planned.

The government said that it will establish a new independent body to hear appeals by failed applicants more quickly as it attempts to end the costly use of so-called asylum hotels, which have become the subject of discontent among a portion of the public.

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