Refugees will face stricter rules before they can settle permanently in the UK under sweeping changes to the asylum system announced by Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Thursday, October 2.

The government confirmed that the current five-year route to settlement will be extended, and the automatic right for refugees to bring close family members to the UK will be permanently scrapped.

The reforms are part of a broader plan to “smash the business model of criminal people smugglers” and curb small boat crossings across the English Channel. Starmer said: “There will be no golden ticket to settling in the UK, people will have to earn it," in an official statement.

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Longer route to settlement with stricter conditions

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