Questionnaire system at heart of effort to reduce backlog is ‘fundamentally flawed’, say immigration lawyers
Immigration lawyers have accused the Home Office of building delays into a scheme to speed up decisions on 12,000 asylum claims.
The plans announced last month to cut the asylum backlog – a record 160,000 cases – by sending questionnaires to refugees requires claimants to reply in English within 20 working days or risk refusal.
