‘At Best 1 Per Cent Of Asylum Claims Are Genuine’ - Home Office Whistleblower Tells The Times

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“The grant rate was 38 per cent and that's down from 77 per cent. So the Home Office think about 38 per cent of claims are genuine. But this person who works inside the system is saying no more than one per cent.” The Times Home Affairs Correspondent Matt Dathan says that it is “very difficult to litigate” asylum claims because you don’t want to put “genuine people in danger.” Matt Dathan was speaking to Kate McCann and Stig Abell on Times Radio Breakfast. Listen live every Monday-Thursday, 6-10am. Read the best of our journalism: https://www.thetimes.com/ Listen live to Times Radio: https://www.thetimes.com/radio/live Subscribe to The Times and The Sunday Times YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=timesonlinevideo Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/timesandsundaytimes/ Find us on X: https://x.com/thetimes Find us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thetimes/

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