Labour vows to fast-track asylum appeals as anti-migrant protests continue for second day
Labour announce plans to to fast-track asylum appeals amid anti-migrant protests
- Protests against the use of asylum hotels continued across the UK on Sunday, leading to clashes with police and several arrests.
- Yvette Cooper announced plans for a new fast-track appeals system to accelerate asylum decisions and reduce the current backlog of approximately 51,000 cases.
- The proposed system aims to replace judges with professionally trained adjudicators to speed up the process and help Labour meet its pledge to end the use of asylum hotels.
- The government stated it inherited a chaotic asylum system, while critics are urging for an immediate end to hotel use due to rising costs and community tensions.
- Recent incidents include a High Court injunction to remove asylum seekers from a hotel in Epping following violent protests, and claims of new hotels sparking protests in Perth were deemed false.