US EditionRefugees to face 20-year wait to settle permanently under asylum reforms
- On Monday, Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood will set out sweeping asylum reforms to MPs in the House of Commons, extending the wait for permanent settlement from five years to 20 years.
- Political pressure from Nigel Farage's Reform UK helped drive Labour's tougher immigration shift as some 39,075 people crossed the English Channel this year.
- Cutting initial protection to 30 months, the plan would revoke the statutory duty to provide asylum support and introduce a community sponsorship scheme modelled on the Homes for Ukraine programme.
- More than 100 British charities wrote to Mahmood warning the measures risk fuelling racism and violence, while Enver Solomon, chief executive at the Refugee Council, said they "will not deter" refugees and urged support for those contributing to Britain.
- Drawing on Denmark's experience, ministers argue the changes will cut claims and remove refugees soon after home countries are safe, while UK courts and judges prioritise public safety.
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The British government has announced a drastic tightening of migration policy, and the measures are also a response to strong polls by right-wing populists.
Enough with the right to asylum sine die, controversy over the Starmer government (ANSA)
Britain said it would make refugee status temporary and the wait for permanent settlement would quadruple in 20 years, according to the most sweeping review of asylum-seeker policy in modern times. The Labour government has toughened its immigration policies, particularly on illegal crossings by small boats from France, in a bid to curb the growing popularity of the populist Reform UK party, which has pushed forward an immigration agenda. The go…
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Boston HeraldUK government poised to overhaul its asylum system as a political storm brews over migration
The British government plans to tighten its asylum system, following Denmark's model, to reduce immigration and address the political storm over migrants crossing the English Channel.
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