The Home Office is under scrutiny for updated citizenship guidelines that could prevent approximately 71,000 refugees, who have been granted asylum, from applying for UK citizenship if they arrived via illegal means. The new rules categorize such individuals as lacking 'good character,' leading to automatic refusals for citizenship applications starting February 2025. Critics, including immigration lawyers and politicians, contend that this approach breaches international law and reflects a broader trend towards a 'hostile environment' stance against asylum seekers, intensified by political pressures in the UK.
The Home Office has introduced guidance that typically denies citizenship to refugees who arrived in the UK via small boats, impacting 71,000 asylum claimants.
Leading barristers argue that new citizenship guidelines contravene international law by imposing blanket bans on refugees arriving without standard entry conditions.
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