This investment will allow judges to hear many more cases across our immigration and asylum tribunals over the next 3 months.
It means decisions can be made more quickly, helping us tackle the backlog, ensure justice is served, and remove those who are not eligible.
Additional asylum and immigration cases being heard in the courts is hugely welcomed and is an important part of the government’s effort to tackle illegal immigration.
Faster decisions will enable us to speed up the removal of those with no right to be here, strengthen deterrence against those seeking to abuse our system and focus our efforts on those in genuine need.
The decision follows the nationwide rollout of asylum casework pilot by the Home Office which successfully cut the wait time for first interviews by 40 percent and increased decisions.
The increase on days the judges can operate also applies to Employment Tribunals, with a £2.85 million investment to allow up to 1,700 more cases to come before judges before by the end of March 2023.
In total, as many as 10,700 extra immigration and employment cases could be heard in the next 3 months, funded by the total £8 million of investment.
It comes after the Crown Court was also allowed to work at full capacity for the second year in a row – meaning more trials can take place and ensure victims have the swifter justice they deserve.
We have over 80 years of combined experience in visa and immigration as well as family and divorce cases in Birmingham