By Tom Parmenter, Sky News Correspondent
An asylum seeker has told Sky News she feels mentally "tortured" after being left in limbo by the UK's failing asylum system.
Her case has been repeatedly delayed and nine months after applying for asylum the Ugandan woman still has not been given a proper interview about her request.
Fearing further delays to her claim, she asked only to be known as "Namusoke" and explained to Sky News: "I feel tortured here in the UK, I feel depressed, stressed and traumatised, so I really feel bad because I can't help nothing for myself.
"I'm a beggar, which I was not born to do."
The woman is fleeing persecution in her homeland due to the fact she is a lesbian - homosexuality is deemed illegal in Uganda.
Her story emerged as a group of MPs published a damning report into the ongoing failings in the UK's asylum system.
Margaret Hodge MP, Chair of the Public Accounts Committee, said 29,000 applications dating back to at least 2007 remain unresolved.
She said: "In 11,000 of these cases people have not even received an initial decision on their asylum claim.
"To make matters worse, the department is also failing to meet its targets for dealing with newer claims, so it is now creating another backlog for itself.
"The number of claims awaiting an initial decision was up 70% to 16,273 in the first three months of 2014 compared to the same period last year.
"It is deeply worrying that the Home Office is not tracking those people whose applications have been rejected to ensure that they are removed from the UK."
The report said there are 175,000 people whose applications to stay in the UK have been rejected and are still awaiting removal.
The Government scrapped the UK Border Agency last year as part of major reforms.
Immigration and Security Minister James Brokenshire said: "The immigration system we inherited was totally dysfunctional.
"Turning around years of mismanagement has taken time, but it is now well under way.
"We have reformed visa routes to make them more resistant to fraud and cancelled failing contracts; and we are addressing the backlogs we inherited."
Shadow Home Secretary Yvette Cooper MP said: "This report lays bare how Theresa May and David Cameron are presiding over one failure after another in our immigration system."
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