Home Office data shows number of decisions rose but was cancelled out by bigger increase in applications
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More than 175,000 asylum seekers are waiting for an initial decision on their application, a record high, newly released Home Office statistics have shown.
Data on asylum cases for the year to the end of June showed that while the number of people given a decision rose against the year before, this was more than cancelled out by a bigger increase in applications.
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