Tory MP queries claims marked withdrawn as government tries to clear backlog by end of year
The Home Office does not know the whereabouts of 17,000 asylum seekers whose claims have been marked as withdrawn, officials have admitted.
Amid a stalled Rwanda deportation scheme and rising costs for housing people seeking refuge in hotels, senior civil servants in the department confirmed that marking those claims as “withdrawn” would help hit Rishi Sunak’s target of reducing the “legacy backlog” by the end of this year.
