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Syrian nationals accounted for around one in 20 (5.6%) of all applications made in the year to September 2024. A total of 99,790 people claimed asylum in the UK in this period, with Syrians the ...
Tier 1 (General) closed for applications in the UK (i.e. completely) on 6 April 2011. There were transitional arrangements for applications undecided by 6 April 2011. Tier 1 (General) applied to highly skilled potential migrants looking for a job or wishing to become self-employed in the UK, and replaced the Highly Skilled Migrant Programme ...
The UK Statistics Authority rebukes the prime minister for misleading the public over the backlog of asylum applications, which he said in a social media post had been cleared, while several thousand still remained. The UKSA says the allegation could have affected public trust in the government.
The British government has been given powers to detain asylum seekers and migrants at any stage of the asylum process. [21] The use of asylum has increased with the introduction of the process of "fast track", or the procedure by which the Immigration Service assess asylum claims which are capable of being decided quickly.
The total for 2023/24 was up 36% from £3.95 billion in 2022/23.
[125] [126] That same year the government also launched a scheme for Hongkongers following the Hong Kong national security law, with an estimated thousands emigrating to the UK either as refugees, asylum seekers or under student visas. [127] By January 2024, more than 191,000 Hong Kong-born residents had applied for a visa. [128]
A total of 160,919 asylum seekers were waiting for an initial decision on their claim at the end of December. UK asylum backlog hits new record of 160,000 Skip to main content
The Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act 2006 (Commencement No. 2) Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/2226 (C. 75)), made on 13 August 2006, enacted the bulk of the Act's provisions including the sections on variation of leave to enter or remain, removal, grounds of appeal, failure to provide documents, refusal of leave to enter, deportation ...