Protesters march from Crowborough Training Camp, (Image: Anadolu via Getty Images) British taxpayers are forking out £80m every year for failed asylum seekers to appeal against their rejected claims, shock new data reveals. Each case is costing an average of £4,000 meaning a total of £79.5 million was spent on the administrative costs of hearing asylum appeals in the 2024-25 financial year, according to official figures released in response to a Freedom of Information (FoI) request. The cost has increased by more than a quarter compared with the previous year due to the number of asylum seekers appealing against rejected claims soaring. The number of rejected people waiting to appeal against the decision almost doubled from 34,234 in 2024 to 69,670 last year. However, only a fraction of these case were heard at an immigration tribunal. In the 2024-25 financial year just 20,126 asylum appeals were heard and decided by immigration and asylum tribunals at a cost of £3,786 each. Almost half (46%) proved successful. The costs related to the internal administrative bill of hearing …