UK’s Starmer Vows to End Use of Hotels for Asylum Seekers
- Labour would recruit over 1,000 caseworkers to clear backlog
- Immigration is key issue ahead of election expected in 2024
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UK Labour Party leader Keir Starmer vowed to end the use of costly hotels for migrants and recruit over 1,000 government caseworkers to clear the backlog in asylum claims, as he ramped up efforts to position his opposition party as tough but pragmatic in dealing with immigration.
A Labour government would invest in temporary “Nightingale” courts — like the so-called Nightingale hospitals set up during the Covid-19 pandemic — to ensure more appeals are heard and removals processed quickly, the party said in an emailed statement.