US EditionUK to Extend Refugee Path to Residency from 5 to 20 Years
The UK will make refugee status temporary, deny support to some asylum seekers, and introduce capped legal routes, following Denmark’s model which rejects 95% of applicants.
- Great Britain is reforming its asylum policies, which include extending the wait for permanent residency from five years to 20 years, as stated by the Home Office.
- The new rules will cut the duration of refugee status from five years to 30 months, according to the Home Office.
- The changes aim to reduce the attractiveness of the UK for illegal migrants and facilitate their deportation when claims are denied, as mentioned by the Home Office.
- The Refugee Council argues that refugees do not choose countries based solely on asylum policies, emphasizing familial and linguistic connections as key factors.
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The British Minister of the Interior, Shabana Mahmood, says that the new measures will serve to curb irregular migration which, according to her, is “throwing up” the countryStarmer attacks legal immigration and against the left which defends that it is “good news” for the economy The British Government plans to limit the circumstances to give asylum, return refugees to their country of origin if it considers it safe, make them wait 20 years bef…
Britain Moves to Make Refugee Status Temporary in Asylum Overhaul
Britain on Nov. 15 said it is moving to change immigration refugee status to temporary while quadrupling the wait for permanent settlement to 20 years under the United Kingdom’s most significant overhaul of policy on asylum in recent history. In an attempt to offset growing criticism from the populist Reform UK party, which has advocated for a stricter immigration agenda, Britain’s Labour government has hardened its immigration policies, particu…
Britain announced a package of fundamental changes to its immigration (asylum seekers) policies, explaining that it would make refugee status "temporary"...
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