62,000 More Asylum Seekers Could Get Refugee Status After Rwanda Plan Scrapped: Charity

Some 62,000 more asylum seekers could be granted refugee status in the UK since the new Labour government scrapped the Rwanda plan, a refugee charity says. Under the previous government’s policy, asylum seekers who arrived in the country illegally—such as by small boat across the English Channel—would have their asylum applications automatically deemed inadmissible and be subject to removal to a safe third country, such as Rwanda. However, days after winning the election, Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer said the Rwanda plan was “dead and buried” and his government has begun to process all asylum claims again, regardless of how asylum seekers arrived in the country....