27 August 2026: Freemovement: Briefing: the sorry state of the UK asylum system
In this briefing we will take a look at what is really going on with the main features of the contemporary asylum system: arrivals, the backlog, detention, removal and resettlement. The focus is on what caused the backlog and what consequences will flow from the large number of decisions being made. The information is drawn mainly from the quarterly immigration statistics and transparency data for the year ended June 2025, the most recent available at the time of writing.
The picture the data presents is of a system that has been overwhelmed. Not by new arrivals but by mismanagement.
Read more: https://freemovement.org.uk/briefing-the-sorry-state-of-the-uk-asylum-system