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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Asylum overhaul in UK to impose 20-year wait for permanent settlement
Britain said it would make refugee status temporary, and the wait for permanent settlement would be quadrupled to 20 years under the country’s most sweeping overhaul of policy on asylum seekers in modern times. The Labour government has been hardening its immigration policies, above all on illegal small-boat crossings from France, in efforts to stem the soaring popularity of the populist Reform UK party, which has driven the immigration agenda. …
Britain announces sweeping asylum policy shift to cut protections for refugees
Drastic changes are coming to Great Britain's asylum policy, including longer wait times for permanent residency and a forced return to the person's home country once it is deemed safe.The shift represents the largest overhaul of policy on asylum seekers in modern times, inspired by Denmark, which has one of the toughest policies in Europe and has been widely scrutinized by rights groups.Britain's Labour government has been toughening its stance…
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