Refugee Council figures come as ministers prepare to sign new deal with France to monitor migrants

More than 40,000 people seeking asylum in the UK have waited between one and three years for a decision on their claim, figures reveal, as ministers prepare to announce a new deal with France to monitor migrants gathering to cross the Channel.

Figures from the Refugee Council also showed that a further 725 people – 155 of them children – have been waiting for more than five years for their claims to be evaluated by the Home Office.

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