Home Office: ODA-funded Support
Debate between Baroness Penn and Lord Carlile of Berriew(7 months, 4 weeks ago)
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Baroness Penn (Con)
My Lords, the Government will update the House when we respond to that judgment.
Lord Carlile of Berriew (CB)
Does the Minister agree that the Government would be able to be much fairer to genuine refugees if they got a grip of the shortage of manpower dealing with the vast of cohort of people who are applying for asylum but will never get it, and brought to the places where those applicants live tribunals and officials who could deal with them in what might loosely be called “real time”?
Baroness Penn (Con)
My Lords, as I said in response to an earlier question, the Home Office is increasing the number of caseworkers to deal with asylum claims; it has more than doubled that over the last two years. Of course, the Illegal Migration Act will be an important part of our strategy here as it will end illegal entry as a route to asylum in the UK.