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UK drops refugee family reunion applications amid anti-immigration protests

UK Home Secretary Yvette Cooper, pictured last month on Downing Street, has suspended refugee family reunion applications [File: Chris J Ratcliffe/Reuters]

The United Kingdom’s Labour government has said it is suspending a scheme enabling registered refugees to bring family members into the country amid soaring support for the far right in opinion polls.

UK Home Secretary Yvette Cooper announced on Monday that she was “temporarily” suspending new applications to the refugee family reunion route as the government draws up new rules set to be introduced by spring next year.

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