LBC caller believes he can solve UK asylum system 'overnight'

Fresh revelations about the Clapham chemical attacker Abdul Ezedi inspired Rohit in Redbridge (00:00) and Paul in Chelmsford (03:56) to call in to give their view on the UK asylum system.

He was found to have 'not been honest in several aspects of his account' by the asylum judge who heard his appeal to stay in the UK.

But a judge allowed Ezedi's appeal on asylum and human rights grounds, overturning a Home Office decision not to grant him leave to remain.

Ezedi's body was pulled from the River Thames last month amid a major man hunt launched after he was suspected of dousing his ex-girlfriend with alkali when he pounced on her and her children, aged eight and three, in Clapham, south London, in January.

It later emerged he previously avoided jail as the case sparked widespread debate about the role religion plays in determining asylum claims, while also raising questions over how the Government and courts scrutinise the validity of evidence presented in applications.

The news comes as the number of migrants who arrived in the UK this year after crossing the Channel was found to have reached a new record high.

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