Government plans to overhaul asylum appeals system

Government plans to overhaul asylum appeals system to reduce reliance on asylum hotels. A new independent body will be established with independent adjudicators to speed up case hearings. Pressure to close asylum hotels has increased, with 32,000 asylum seekers still housed in them. Frustration over where asylum seekers are housed has led to protests, including a recent High Court ruling preventing asylum seekers from being housed in a hotel in Epping.