Campaigners have critiqued the government's plan to limit the time refugees can stay in the UK to 30 months before needing a review of their status.
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Responding to the news that Home Secretary, Shabana Mahmood, will limit the time that refugees can stay in the UK to 30 months, CEO of Best for Britain, Naomi Smith, said:
“This is another policy decision determined by Reform’s position in the polls rather than what is right. Using the lives of those in greatest need as a political poker chip to win over certain groups of voters risks playing a game that the Government will almost certainly lose.
“All the evidence from Denmark shows that of the thousands of re-assessments of Syrian asylum applications, only a few hundred were revoked, and yet none could be removed. It is a policy that does not work, is administratively costly, and further hampers integration efforts, meaning fewer refugees in employment and paying taxes in the U.K.
“Rather than punishing people fleeing persecution, the government should offer safe and legal routes, speed up asylum claim processing, and let them work."