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📰 News12 March 2026·2 min read·

UK asylum appeal backlog exceeds 80,000 cases

Source: freemovement

The backlog of asylum appeals at the UK immigration tribunal has surpassed 80,000 cases, according to the latest tribunal statistics published in March 2026. This figure includes both main appellants and dependents. The scale of the crisis is stark: as recently as 2023, only around 9,000 cases were in the appeal system, representing a near nine-fold increase in under three years.

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