A total of 39 refugees from Iran arrived on the border of the Kent Coast over the weekend and are currently in Dover under immigration officials. The refugees were given medical checks and are now waiting for their asylum claims to be accepted in order to stay in the United Kingdom.

All refugees under the age of eighteen are currently under the care of local authorities were they are provided with accommodation and an allowance until they are of age. However, all of the other refugees have to go through the long waiting process that may take up to six months before knowing if their asylum claim would be accepted or not. In that time, they are not allowed to work or travel until their claim has been approved.

The waiting time is one of the big flaws in the system that many refugees experience when they come to the United Kingdom trying to seek asylum. Razia Shariff, the CEO of Kent Refugee Action Network, said: “It takes months, sometimes even years, for claims to be processed