UK to scrap refugee family reunion route | News

LONDON, Oct 2, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - Britain's government Thursday will announce plans to end a scheme which allowed family members to join refugees already in the country, as it tries to curb immigration levels under pressure from the far-right. Prime Minister Keir Starmer is set to outline plans to scrap the family reunion scheme as well as automatic settlement rights for refugees at a EU leaders' summit in Copenhagen. Applications for family reunions had already been paused last month. "The fundamental reforms will be the basis of a fairer system where... the route to settlement should be longer, and be earned via contribution to the country," the UK government said in a press release late Wednesday. Starmer's Labour government has...