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Refugees: Resettlement

Commons · Question 92482 · Tabled 18 Nov 2025 · Home Office · Official record

Answered 25 Nov 2025

Question

Asked by Scott Arthur

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, within the context of her asylum statement on 17 November 2025, if those arriving in the UK via safe and legal routes to seek asylum will have to wait for 20 years for indefinite settled status if the

Answer

Answered by Alex Norris, 25 Nov 2025

Our intention is that individuals arriving through reformed Safe and Legal resettlement routes will follow a ten-year path to settlement with the possibility of reducing this period based on contribution, in line with wider settlement reforms. This approa...