"Under the new plans, which are modelled on Denmark's strict asylum system, refugee status for asylum-seekers arriving in the UK will be cut from five years to 30 months, while those granted asylum will have to wait 20 years to apply for permanent residency rather than the current five years. Those protections will be "regularly reviewed" and refugees will be encouraged to return to their home countries, once they are deemed safe."
"The British Interior Ministry, known as the Home Office, called the proposals the "largest overhaul of asylum policy in modern times," while Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood, who is due to lay out the plans in parliament in Monday, promised: "I'll end UK's golden ticket for asylum seekers." Since coming to power in July 2024, Prime Minister Keir Starmer's Labour government has struggled to deal with increasing levels of irregular immigration."
New UK asylum rules, modelled on Denmark, cut refugee status for new arrivals from five years to 30 months and extend the wait for permanent residency to 20 years. Protections will be regularly reviewed and refugees will be encouraged to return once home countries are deemed safe. The Home Office called the measures the largest overhaul of asylum policy in modern times. Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood vowed to end what she called a "golden ticket" for asylum seekers. More than 39,000 people have arrived this year and asylum claims reached about 111,000 in the year to June 2025.
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