Shabana Mahmood plans to replace judges with the public on asylum cases

Shabana Mahmood has drastic plans for asylum cases (Picture: Wiktor Szymanowicz/Shutterstock)

In a huge overhaul, Shabana Mahmood will put forward plans to use members of the public to decide asylum appeals.

The Home Secretary wants the general public to be trained, magistrate-style, to oversee appeals against rejected claims. 

The Independent Immigration Appeals Authority will be made up of ‘professionally trained and independently appointed’ adjudicators from a range of backgrounds.

Detailed in the Immigration and Asylum Bill, Mahmood pledg...