Of those, 42 per cent won their appeals, while a further 22 per cent saw the Home Office withdraw its initial refusal and grant refugee status before the hearing.
As of June, 156,000 immigration appeals were outstanding, including more than 90,000 asylum cases – with the backlog having nearly doubled in two years.
Meanwhile, GB News revealed 1,739 people crossed the Channel in small boats between October 1 and 7 – an average of one migrant every six minutes.
The arrivals included 609 people who made the crossing in eight boats within a single day, bringing this year’s total to more than 20,000.
