Home secretary suspends scheme letting refugees bring families to UK | ITV News

Home Secretary Yvette Cooper has announced she is temporarily suspending all applications to bring family members to the UK under the asylum system until new, tighter rules are introduced.

Cooper said on Monday, as MPs returned to Westminster for the first time since July, that this means refugees will be subject to “the same family migration rules and conditions as everyone else".

New applications to the existing refugee family reunion route will be suspended this week, she said.

The move comes ahead of more comprehensive reforms to the family reunion route, which will be outlined in an asylum statement later this year and implemented by spring.

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