FoI data reveals about three-quarters of people given notices of intent have since been put into asylum system

More than 18,000 asylum seekers threatened with being sent to Rwanda are now having their cases processed in the UK instead.

Freedom of information data obtained by the Guardian reveals that between January 2021 and June 2023 about three-quarters (18,078) of those who previously received notice of intent letters indicating their claims would not be processed in the UK “have been subsequently admitted into the asylum system”.

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