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Pausing of Refugee Differentiation Policy (HC 1496)

Validated finding · five-country-2010-20260922-v118-evidence-presentation-fix

CountryUnited Kingdom
Operative dateJuly 17, 2023
CategoryAsylum / protection / legal status
Policy toolStandardisation of status duration / equalisation of conditions
Affected groupProtection decisions made on or after 28 june 2022 and until the introduction of the illegal migration bill (7 march 2023)

Policy effect

Suspended the differentiated status regime introduced under Section 12 of the Nationality and Borders Act 2022, ceasing Group 1 and Group 2 grouping determinations and granting all successful protection claimants standard permission with aligned conditions.

Official source excerpt

Quoted verbatim from the official source below. Ellipses indicate omitted text.

This means we will stop taking grouping decisions under the differentiated asylum system after these Rules changes and those individuals who are successful in their asylum application, including those who are granted humanitarian protection, will receive the same conditions. … The changes to Asylum - pausing the differentiation policy to support SAP (streamlined asylum processing) for applications made on or after 28 June 2022 and until the introduction of the Illegal Migration Bill (7 March 2023), will come into effect at 1500 on 17 July 2023 … for applications made on or after 28 June 2022 and until the introduction of the Illegal Migration Bill (7 March 2023) … Individuals who have already received a “Group 2” or humanitarian protection decision under post-28 June 2022 policies will be contacted and will have their conditions aligned to those afforded to “Group 1” refugees. This includes length of permission to stay, route to settlement, and eligibility for Family Reunion.
UK GovernmentOpen official source
Retrieved from https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/statement-of-changes-to-the-immigration-rules-hc-1496-17-july-2023/explanatory-memorandum-to-the-statement-of-changes-in-immigration-rules-hc1496-accessible

Review method

Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite extraction with independent Gemini 3.8 Flash verification

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