Yvette Cooper has said failed asylum seekers are being kept in the UK because the Home Office will not let them return to their own countries.
The shadow home secretary was told by Liberal Democrat MP Layla Moran about a constituent who has been stuck in Britain for a year.
“He has exhausted his leave to remain and wants to go back to Fiji,” Ms Moran said. But he has been unable to because the Home Office cannot process his case.
Ms Cooper said she has heard “a series” of similar cases.
“The Home Office is so incapable of getting a grip… that you've got somebody waiting for 12 months even to be able to return to their home country,” Ms Cooper said.
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