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flag UK plans quick asylum appeals process to reduce backlog and speed up deportations.

flag The UK government plans to introduce a fast-track asylum appeals process to speed up the removal of those without a right to be in the country. flag Home Secretary Yvette Cooper announced the creation of an independent panel of professionally-trained adjudicators to reduce the backlog of 51,000 appeals, which currently take over a year to resolve. flag A 24-week deadline will be set for first-tier tribunal decisions on asylum appeals, aiming for a "swift, fair, and independent" system.

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