Statistics Watchdog Scrutinises Government Claim on Clearing Asylum Backlog

The statistics watchdog has confirmed on Wednesday that it’s scrutinising the government’s claim on having clearing the asylum backlog. The government said in a statement published on Tuesday that it has delivered Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s commitment of “clearing the legacy asylum backlog” despite the fact that 4,537 “complex cases” remain undecided. Critics also disputed the claim because many of the claim had been treated as “withdrawn” and questioned the whereabouts of these asylum seekers. The Office for Statistics Regulation (OSR), the regulatory arm of the UK Statistics Authority, is “looking into the government’s announcement yesterday,” a spokesperson the authority told the PA News Agency in a statement....