The new arrivals email update The lottery of the asylum process Our first email update for 2018 reveals some of the farcical situations asylum seekers face in Home Office interviews Zabrain, a Pakistani man who sought asylum in the UK in 2016, said he thought the Home Office employee who interviewed him was an intern. Photograph: David Sillitoe for the GuardianHello New Arrivals readers,We’re back with our first New Arrivals email update for 2018. On Sunday we launched a major investigation into the asylum process. Kirstie Brewer and I spoke to three former asylum caseworkers employed by the Home Office to interview asylum seekers and decide asylum claims. “I thought maybe she’s an intern or she’s a trainee,” Zabrain told me.

Source: The Guardian February 15, 2018 10:18 UTC