Claim: The asylum backlog has been cleared.
Fact-check: Has the asylum backlog been cleared? - Full Fact
Verdict: this is misleading. the pm's claim relates to a subsection of outstanding asylum cases called the "legacy backlog", rather than the overall backlog of cases which still stands at almost 100,000. most "legacy backlog" cases have been resolved but around 4,500 are still marked as awaiting an initial decision.
Organisation: Full Fact
Author: Hannah Smith
Date published: 2024-01-03T00:00:00