The United Nations High Commission for Refugees has warned Australia’s Administrative Appeals Tribunal its processing backlog could reduce trust in the country’s asylum seeker program.
The UN’s warning further outlined the issues of the asylum seeker system, in which asylum seekers often have to wait years for their claims to be resolved.
AAT President David Thomas further acknowledged the tribunal’s processing issues, however he claims the tribunal is not sufficiently resourced to substantially reduce the current backlog of cases.