In Britain, protests against the use of hotels to accommodate applicants and asylum continued on Sunday. Meanwhile, the government has presented plans for faster decision -making on appeals and expelling people who have no right to stay in the country. This was reported by PA Media and DPA, writes TASR.
A group of protesters gathered in front of the hotel in Birmingham, the London police guarded another hotel in the finance district of Canary Wharf and other demonstrations were announced. On Saturday, protests were held in numerous cities across the country and reported at least 15 detainees.
The British government hopes that the regulation of the appeal process will facilitate the evictions of the asylum seekers from the hotels and expul it from the United Kingdom. According to the proposals, independent arbitrators, not judges, would decide on appeals against asylum applications.
London has already taken measures to accelerate initial decision -making applications and the main cause of the pressure on the asylum seeker system is now considered the lengthy decision -making of the courts on appeals, PA said. Approximately 51,000 asylum seekers await the discussion of their appeals, and the courts will reach an average of more than a year in individual cases.
At the end of June there were 32,059 asylum seekers in the hotels. The ruling Labor Party promised to end their placement in hotels by 2029. Official data published this month showed that 111,084 people applied for asylum in Britain within 12 months to June 2025, which is most from the beginning of the current records in 2001.
