Home Office to Decide Thousands of Asylum Applications Without Interviews

Home Office to Decide Thousands of Asylum Applications Without Interviews
Persons thought to be illegal immigrants pass the car of Home Secretary Suella Braverman during her visit to the Manston migrant processing centre in Kent on Nov. 3, 2022. PA
Lily Zhou
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Thousands of asylum seekers in the UK could have their claims approved without attending a face-to-face interview, according to a new Home Office guidance published on Thursday.

In a bid to clear the soaring backlog of asylum applications, the Home Office is set to fast-track well-founded legacy claims made before June 28, 2022, when new rules in the Nationality and Borders Act took effect.