10/01/2025 – 10/02/2025

  • The Labour government has issued new instructions to the departments responsible for examining applications for naturalization, stipulating that migrants who arrived in the UK “illegally” will “in principle” be refused British citizenship. 
  • According to the Home Office report published on February 27, over 108,000 people applied for asylum in the UK in 2024, a record for over 20 years. Among the top asylum seekers were Pakistani, Afghan and Iranian nationals.