Priti Patel criticised for asylum ‘merry-go-round’ claim about Liverpool suspect

Home secretary accused of trying to deflect attention from her own government’s failures

Priti Patel has been criticised for trying to deflect from the failures of her own government, after she claimed that the suspected Liverpool terrorist attacker was able to exploit Britain’s “dysfunctional” asylum system to remain in the country.

The home secretary has been criticised by a former chief prosecutor after she said the system was a “complete merry-go-round” with a whole industry devoted to defending the rights of individuals intent on causing harm.

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