Taskforce to pursue lawyers who ‘coach’ clients to lie on UK asylum applications
by Aubrey Allegretti Senior political correspondent from World news | The Guardian on (#6DMSM)
Move designed to demonstrate PM's commitment to stop the boats' policy criticised by legal experts
Lawyers who coach" people to lie in their asylum applications will be targeted as part of a new government-led panel tasked with pursuing more prosecutions.
The move is designed to demonstrate Rishi Sunak's commitment to stop the boats", but it was criticised by legal experts who said the record asylum backlog was the fault of the Home Office.
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