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However, we need to go further. We will introduce a new independent body to deal with immigration and asylum appeals. It will be fully independent of government and staffed by professionally trained adjudicators, with safeguards to ensure high standards. It will be able to surge capacity as needed and to accelerate and prioritise cases, alongside new procedures to tackle repeat applications and unnecessary delays. We are also increasing detention and returns capacity, including a 1,000-bed expansion at Campsfield and Haslar, with the first tranche of additional beds coming online within months, to support many thousands more enforced removals each year.