Sunak’s asylum laws trapping 55,000 people in ‘perma-backlog’, says UK thinktank

IPPR report says Illegal Migration Act risks indefinite detention at taxpayer expense of people who cannot have their claims processed

Rishi Sunak’s asylum laws have introduced a “perma-backlog” of up to 55,000 people who cannot have their claims processed and risk being left indefinitely in taxpayer-funded temporary accommodation, according to a new report.

The Institute for Public Policy Research said that anyone arriving in the UK via irregular means after 20 July 2023 cannot have their claim processed and instead will be removed to their home country or to a third country such as Rwanda following the introduction of the Illegal Migration Act.