'Risks from criminal gangs…': UK announces suspension of new applications for refugee family reunion

Описание: Britain said on Monday (September 1) it would suspend applications from registered refugees to bring family members into the country in order to give the government time to toughen the rules, its latest attempt to cut the number of arrivals. Prime Minister Keir Starmer's Labour government is under mounting pressure to reduce the number of asylum seekers reaching Britain from France in small boats, after hotels housing migrants became a focal point for weeks of sometimes violent demonstrations. Interior minister Yvette Cooper told parliament that more and more refugees had applied to bring in family members, placing pressure on housing across the country. Many were applying to bring over families within about a month whereas, as recently as 2019, they were waiting one or two years or more. Cooper said she would suspend the system while the government looked to toughen the rules.

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