According to the whistleblower, the UK asylum system is described as “unsustainable,” “laughable,” and a “crazy carousel” where claimants cycle through endless appeals. Caseworkers are forced to refer to asylum applicants as “customers.” Applicants repeatedly change their stories: for instance, an Iranian claims asylum for anti-regime political activity, then switches to being a Christian convert, and finally claims homosexuality. Each new claim blocks removal and secures housing/funding. The process repeats until appeal rights are exhausted—this can take between 7 and 10 years. Even if a deportation order is issued, it is “mainly voluntary.” Very few applicants ever get sent home, because the Home Office “hasn’t got the resources or the willpower to do it.” The rejected claimants “just disappear.” The Home Office is allegedly waving through known criminals, in order to clear the backlog and fudge the numbers. In other words, the prevention of future rapes, stabbings and murders is taking a backseat to political expediency. The whistleblower estimates hundreds of thousands of asylum seekers have ‘disappeared.’ And, indeed, when they abscond, the cases are closed as “implicit withdrawal”—this improves the statistics for “cleared backlog” claims while misleading the public.
