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Apply for indefinite leave to remain ('settlement') if you have permission to stay as a refugee, humanitarian protection or Discretionary Leave - fees, who's eligible, family members, how to apply.
You may be able to apply for indefinite leave to remain (ILR) if you have:…
You must have a residence card if you have protection status (either…
Your family members may be eligible for indefinite leave to remain if you…
You should apply during the last month of your current permission to be in…
Your partner or child may be able to join or stay with you in the UK if:…
Apply for asylum to stay in the UK as a refugee - eligibility, documents you need, how to apply, screening, asylum interview, help you can get, children
You must apply for asylum if you want to stay in the UK as a refugee. To…
To stay in the UK as a refugee you must be unable to live safely in any…
You’ll need documents for yourself and your dependants (partner and…
You register your asylum claim at a ‘screening’. This is a meeting with an…
After your screening, the Home Office will review your case and decide…
Your asylum interview will usually take place soon after your screening.…
Your application will be decided as soon as possible. It may take longer…
You can get help from asylum helplines run by charities. They can help…
This information is for children applying on their own. If you have an…
Apply for a refugee integration loan if you're over 18 and you're either a refugee, you've been given humanitarian protection or you're the dependant of a refugee or someone who's been given humanitarian protection - what you'll get, how you're...
You can apply for a refugee integration loan to pay for things like: a…
If you’re applying by yourself, you can borrow between £100 and £500. If…
The loan will be paid directly into your bank or building society account.…
You must be over 18 and one of the following: a refugee you have…
You must apply online for an integration loan. To apply you’ll need your:…
The Refugee Employability Programme supports refugees to find work and settle into their local communities.
To mark World Refugee Day 2023, UK and others recall the plight of those who have been forced to flee their homes.
Apply online for a refugee integration loan to help you settle into UK society if you’re a refugee or have humanitarian protection.
This note summarises findings across refugee communities in Gaza, Jordan and Rwanda, and nternally displaced adolescents in Ethiopia
Closed: The FCDO invited proposals by 25 April 2024 to implement the UK’s meaningful refugee participation pledge made at the Global Refugee Forum in December 2023.
Research and evaluation relating to the UK's refugee resettlement schemes.
Minutes of meetings of the refugee and asylum forum, part of the Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration stakeholder engagement group
Urgent actions refugees need to do to claim Universal Credit and other benefits, once they have been given refugee status.
Claiming asylum as a refugee, the asylum process and support
Use this form if you were resettled under the Vulnerable Persons Resettlement Scheme or the Vulnerable Children’s Resettlement Scheme.
Minister for Development and Africa Andrew Mitchell gave a pre-recorded speech at Towards the Global Refugee Forum 2023 at Wilton Park.
The UK's Permanent Representative to the WTO and UN in Geneva, Simon Manley, delivered the United Kingdom's statement on 14 December 2023 at the Global Refugee Forum.
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