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The Government allows nobody to make a claim for asylum in the UK unless they are physically present in the UK. The Nationality and Borders Act 2022 passed that into law.
It is impossible to come to the UK for the purpose of seeking asylum in any way permitted by the Government’s immigration rules.
The rules require anyone from a country, from which any significant number of people seek asylum come to the UK, to obtain a visa for their travel.
However, those rules provide no visa for anyone to come to seek asylum.
The Government makes almost no safe and legal route available to any refugee other than someone from Ukraine. This is based on having family in the UK or someone willing to house them.
There is also a visa route for Afghans that previously worked for the UK Government (land can show serious risks to them in Afghanistan because of this.
Otherwise, there are no visa schemes for anyone fleeing persecution to apply to receive asylum in the UK – no matter what family or other connection the person may have here.
Currently, asylum depends on refugees making journeys that are likely to be dangerous and controlled by people smugglers.
