A palās brother is part of recently formed panel to get through the backlog of refugee applications. Hed be a very fair and reasonable guy imo. If you had to pick, youd go with him likely being more soft hearted than hard-nosed if anything.
He has adjudicated on 30 applications and their respective interview so far. Only 1 has met the criteria and approved for refugee status.
He also said though he could.have the capacity to get through more applications, they dont eant to rush the process or overburden the adjuticators which seems a reasonable position.
Perhaps expanding the panel.of adjudicators is needed but thats an easy observation from outside looking in
Because hitherto this year, those in the Dept of Immigration didnāt want the hassle of thoroughly reviewing every single application. Thatās my assumption. Now that the tide of public opinion has turned, theyāre being forced to scrutinise each application.
The government seemed happy to approve many applications from āsafe countriesā until various media outlets highlighted it the issue with it.
I donāt think thatās correct, I think itās the opposite.
The safe country designation makes it faster and easier to refuse applications. So it should mean that the majority of applications from those countries will be declined faster.
By adding a number of countries to the safe list they should get through the applications from those countries with more noās faster.
Thatās my understanding anyway.
But just because somewhere is designated a safe country doesnāt mean that every application from there is invalid. People can still be persecuted in those countries. Iād say most commonly in Albania and Georgia it might be targeting by crime gangs. Thereās African countries designated safe where girls might be at risk of FGM.
Iām sure there are many genuine cases from designated āsafe countriesā, of that thereās no doubt. Iām also sure the majority of them are now being refused though, as they are simply economic migrants claiming asylum while not fleeing actual persecution.
Been the bane of my life for weeks, but they took the fucking piss yesterday. They should have just closed the road. I was up near the top of the queue, so I kept waiting thinking, it canāt be much longer, but it fucking was
