OR British Government He promised today that he would speed up the process of examining asylum requests, as many protests against immigrants in front of hotels used to host them in various UK cities were organized this weekend.

The Minister of the Interior Ivet Cooper She said in a statement that the time required to examine the requests is “completely unacceptable” and announced the establishment of an independent organization that will help the courts.

Today there are about 51,000 requests to be awaited and on average it takes a year to complete the process of each, according to the government. Measures have already been taken to accelerate the procedure and authorities say that delays in the examination of appeals are the main reason for the limited number of deportations.

The new organization will include independent “supervisors” and one of the objectives is to accelerate the process of examining applications from “safe countries”. The government will also set a 24 -week -long period to decide on those requests housed by government agencies and for people with a burdensome criminal record.

Cooper reiterated that he was determined to significantly reduce the number of people receiving asylum to stop the government from housing them in hotels by 2029.

This afternoon protesters gathered outside a hotel at Birmingham. Police were also developed outside another hotel in Warfi of London. Demonstrations against immigrants had already taken place on Friday and Saturday in many areas. Conflicts with police or asylum seekers, asylum seekers, have occurred in Bristol, Liverpool, Horley. About 15 people were arrested.

At the end of June 32,059 asylum seekers were housed in hotels as the government is obliged to provide them with accommodation for as long as their request is considered. In mid -July, there are demonstrations – sometimes violent – in the city of Eking, north of London. On Tuesday, a court ordered an Eking hotel to be temporarily stopped by asylum seekers, but the Kir Starmer government appealed to the decision.

From June 2024 to June 2025, 111,084 people have sought asylum in Britain, a number increased by 14% in one year. This is also the largest number since 2001, when files began.