The details are contained in a new internal government report, which warns that new arrivals continued to exceed outflows from IPAS accommodation in 2025, “straining a system under pressure”.

Georgian tops list as most common language in failed interpretation requests

High Court hears asylum seeker faces return to China after legal team’s delay

Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald criticised the location of refugee accommodation in socially deprived areas

IPAS registered a total of 4,775 appeals last year compared to 1,180 in 2022 – an annual increase of over 300 per cent.

The cases claim the UK is not a "safe third country" to which they can be returned due to the UK government's plans to send asylum seekers to Rwanda

Mr Justice Anthony Barr said the decision maker at the International Protection Appeals Tribunal (IPAT) found the man was “subjectively credible” but his fears of persecution were “objectively unfounded”