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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Politics
Rachael Burford

New visa rules for migrants who illegally enter UK prompt backlash from London Labour MP

Labour MP Stella Creasy - (PA Archive)

New visa rules which will make it almost impossible for refugees who arrive in the UK on small boats or in the back of lorries to ever become British citizens have been branded "deeply damaging".

The Home Office's good character guidance was updated this week to state that migrants who have entered Britain illegally will "normally" have a citizenship applications refused.

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