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In between the headlines about failed asylum seekers are real people who struggle to get their stories heard and understood in the asylum system. Dr Jo Wilding from the University of Sussex has been tracking the decline in available immigration legal advice over a number of years, describing a mix of legal advice droughts and severe lack of capacity. Trauma and destitution also make it near impossible for some to engage with the complexity of the asylum process in an orderly way. Sometimes it is the most vulnerable asylum seekers whose stories gets lost, and once they fall through the net, it gets a good deal harder to solve and will get a good deal harder yet with the changes the Government are announcing.