UK Overhauls Asylum System as Starmer Seeks to Win Back Voters

The UK will curb asylum-seekers’ right to financial help and make it harder for them to settle permanently, as the government tries to stem the loss of voters increasingly worried about immigration.

Refugees will no longer have a statutory right to housing and state support, and their immigration status will be reviewed every 30 months under new plans to be set out by Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood on Monday. People arriving without permits will have to also wait 20 years before they can apply for permanent settlement, up from five years currently.