Asylum court cases would take 44,000 years to clear under Labour - despite pledge to smash gangs

Waiting times for appeals in asylum courts have hit a total of 44,000 years since Labour took power, a new report has claimed.

There are 38,866 asylum claims to sift through, and to sort through each and every one would take us back to a time when the English Channel did not exist and mammoths lived in the UK.

The average wait for a judgment on an appeal has hit 14 months in the last two years.

Statistics revealed by The Sun show lawyers and migrants are costing taxpayers millions each year, launching fruitless asylum claims.

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Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood has announced plans to replace asylum judges with an independent appeals body, but the lengthy wait times still remain.

The 38,000 claims do not include over 87,000 appeals to overturn failed asylum applications submitted through April this year.

That is a 70 per cent year-on-year increase.

Immigration and asylum appeals within the UK cost the taxpayer £80million a year to run.

The investigation by The Sun found that London and Manchester were the least effective asylum courts within Britain.

Taylor House, in the nation’s capital, has a 10,888-year backlog, while it is 7,412 years at Manchester Piccadilly.

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Conservative MP Sir Alec Shelbrooke said: “This is a totally inefficient system. Until we get out of the European Convention on Human Rights we won’t be able to change it.

“It’s bad enough Labour’s taking us back to the 70s — but the ice age is another level.

“t’s a bad use of taxpayers’ cash. The reason we’ve so many activist lawyers is they know backlogs give years of work.”

A Government spokesman said: “We do not recognise this interpretation of the figures.

“This Government has made significant progress tackling the asylum backlog, slashing the number of people waiting for an initial decision by 72 per cent, from its peak of 175,000 under the last government.

“We must go further and faster.

“That’s why the Home Secretary has announced the most sweeping immigration reforms in modern times, designed to speed up the appeals process and ensure those with no right to be here cannot delay their removal.”

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