More like an episode of [Yes Minister] ......................
The Home Office is blighted by delays in dealing with asylum claims, as inexperienced and low-paid staff are hired to handle applications, several insiders have told BBC Two's Newsnight.
Staff said this was slowing down decisions, leading to long, expensive hotel stays for asylum seekers.
Nearly 130,000 people are waiting for a decision, latest official figures for June 2022 show.
The Home Office said it was boosting the number of claims processed.
It comes as Home Secretary Suella Braverman is set to appear before the Home Affairs Select Committee later, where she will answer questions from MPs on asylum and immigration.
Three people who work in the department have spoken to Newsnight to warn about the impact on Home Office decisions being made about asylum seekers.
One person with several years of experience working in the department said: "To make and write decisions is more difficult than people think.
"They're hiring large numbers of inexperienced staff who need to be trained to do this and that takes time, so the backlog grows.
"And it's young staff facing these harrowing stories and earning low wages - so what's the incentive to stay?
"There isn't one? so they leave and then they hire someone else and so it continues."
According to the latest Home Office figures, by the end of June this year 127,026 asylum applications were still to be decided upon.
That is nearly four times the number of cases that were awaiting a decision by the end of June 2018, when 33,035 asylum applications were in the backlog.
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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-63720698