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<p>The average clearance time, from receipt to disposal, of an asylum appeal in the
First-tier Tribunal Immigration and Asylum Chamber, over the last 12 months for which
data are available</p><p>(1 October 2018 to 30 September 2019), was:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>All
nationalities</p></td><td><p>29 weeks</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Syrian nationals</p></td><td><p>34
weeks</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Afghan nationals</p></td><td><p>31 weeks</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Iraqi
nationals</p></td><td><p>20 weeks</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>
</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>These figures are from internal management information extracted
from the tribunal’s case management system. They do not form part of the published
statistics.</p><p>Tribunal statistics are published on a quarterly basis and are available
at: www.gov.uk/government/collections/tribunals-statistics</p><p> </p><p>HM Courts
& Tribunals Service has worked extensively to reduce the outstanding caseload
and improve timeliness in the Immigration and Asylum Chamber. This has seen the live
caseload in the First-tier Tribunal reduce by more than two-thirds, from 64,800 to
20,300 between July 2016 and September 2019. The average duration across all case
types has also improved from 52 weeks in the period July to September 2017 to 34 weeks
in the period July to September 2019.</p>
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