Home Office to overhaul asylum appeals system as it tries to clear claims backlog

Yvette Cooper to introduce new system of ‘professional adjudicators’ to hear appeals by rejected asylum seekers

Yvette Cooper will prevent judges from hearing appeals from rejected asylum seekers as part of government plans to clear the claims backlog more quickly.

The home secretary will set up a new system of “professional adjudicators” to hear cases brought by people who have had their asylum claims turned down as the government looks for ways to process tens of thousands of cases.