Revealed: asylum seekers' 20-year wait for Home Office ruling

Charities say making people wait two decades in abject poverty is ‘utterly barbaric’The Home Office has left some people waiting more than 20 years for decisions on their asylum claims, according to data obtained exclusively by the Guardian, in delays charities say are unacceptable and “utterly barbaric”.Seventeen people received decisions from the Home Office last year on claims they had submitted more than 15 years ago, four of whom had waited more than 20 years for a d