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What is behind the UK’s asylum policy?
The Expert Factor team explore asylum policy and how effective the government’s approach has been to date.
What we talked about in this episode
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Asylum backlog
The asylum backlog refers to the number of people seeking asylum in the UK who are awaiting a decision on their case.
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How can government improve its approach to asylum policy making?
The future of the UK asylum system will be a central topic in the 2024 general election campaign.
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What is in the prime minister’s ‘emergency’ asylum legislation?
The implications for constitutional and international law of the prime minister’s latest Rwanda gamble.
People featured in this episode
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Hannah White
Director and CEO