Britain Moves to Make Refugee Status Temporary in Asylum Overhaul

The government said it would make changes to ’match and in some areas exceed' the immigration policies of Denmark and other European nations.
Britain Moves to Make Refugee Status Temporary in Asylum Overhaul
Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood MP speaks on stage during day two of the Labour Party conference at ACC Liverpool in Liverpool, England, on Sept. 29, 2025. Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images
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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, particularly on illegal small-boat crossings from France.

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