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"Over a 1000 of the total of 2500 immigration and asylum advisers presently employed in Britain effectively face being fired by next April.
This is because of problems surrounding a new state accreditation scheme that has been introduced with the laudable aim of putting those who offer, for large sums of money, useless and wrong advice, out of business. What it may also do, it seems, is drive away many of the experienced experts who currently operate the service.
What this will mean in reality, should the worst happen, is that many people from South Asia, as well as from other parts of the world, will not have their applications heard within a reasonable time. The backlog that already exists in Britain could become unmanageable. "
