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Under new guidance migrants arriving by sea, or hidden in the back of vehicles will normally be refused citizenship.

The British government on Wednesday said it was toughening immigration rules to make it almost impossible for undocumented migrants who arrive on small boats to later receive citizenship.

Under new guidance migrants arriving by sea, or hidden in the back of vehicles will normally be refused citizenship.

“This guidance further strengthens measures to make it clear that anyone who enters the UK illegally, including small boat arrivals, faces having a British citizenship application refused,” a Home Office spokesperson said.

Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s Labour government is under pressure to reduce migration after Nigel Farage’s anti-immigration Reform UK party won roughly four million votes during the last general election — an unprecedented haul for a far-right party.

But the change to the rules has been criticised by some Labour MPs.

“If we give someone refugee status, it can’t be right to then refuse them a route to become a British citizen,” wrote lawmaker Stella Creasy on X, adding that the policy would leave them “forever second class”.

Free Movement, an immigration law blog, said the changes had the potential to “block a large number of refugees from naturalising as British citizens, effective immediately”.

It called the updated guidance “incredibly spiteful and damaging to integration”.

The announcement comes after MPs this week debated the government’s new Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill, designed to give law enforcement officials “counter-terror style powers” to break up gangs bringing irregular migrants across the Channel.

Legal and undocumented immigration — both currently running at historically high levels — was a major political issue at the July 2024 poll that brought Starmer to power.

On taking office, he immediately scrapped his Conservative predecessor Rishi Sunak’s plan to deter undocumented migration to the UK by deporting new arrivals to Rwanda.

Instead he pledged to “smash the gangs” to bring the numbers down.

Some 36,816 people were detected in the Channel between England and France in 2024, a 25 percent increase from the 29,437 who arrived in 2023, provisional figures from the interior ministry showed.

Source: https://www.channelstv.com/2025/02/12/uk-to-refuse-citizenship-to-undocumented-migrants/

Stammer is jittery.
Immigration is the number one issue for UK voters.
It won't matter how well Stammer performs.
If he can't reduce the numbers, he is a goner in the next election.

Very welcomed development.

They borrowed a leaf from Nigeria-Reno Omokry

Well Kemi is pushing for extreme measures so starmer is offering something less extreme to appease the conservatives.

Why una go give dem in the first place? Na so una go take give Boko Haram member UK citizenship

Those people don’t care about citizenship to be honest

Part of Badenoch handiwork.

Trump ooo See wetin the village stewpid GOAT 🐐 cause now

Nigerians don shit for doormouth

Nigeria should deport undocumented migrants too. Bororo scatter full.every state wrecking havoc.

Our president will live simple things and be planning on wat he can't comprehend eg google

Which documentation do they want to use to process the citizenship before?

ednut1:
Those people don’t care about citizenship to be honest

Lol abi o. They'd rather float under the radar as illegal immigrants than expose themselves to deportation by trying to file for citizenship

Xisnin:
Stammer is jittery.
Immigration is the number one issue for UK voters.
It won't matter how well Stammer performs.
If he can't reduce the numbers, he is a goner in the next election.

Labour often deports more than the conservatives when in power. Labour tries hard to impress, but no matter how much Labour deports, they are never appreciated by the voters. Blair introduced huge fines for those employing illegals and deported a lot.

There is already the bias that only Conservatives or recently, the untested right wingers can sort immigration.

We are supporting you on this 💯

The ones that enter legally which you suppose give priority for their stay, you're trying to stifle life out of them. This is a lesson to leaders in the underdeveloped countries fix their respective nations in order to reduce emigration.

Me go UK to hustle.. God forbid

Great100000:
Source: https://www.channelstv.com/2025/02/12/uk-to-refuse-citizenship-to-undocumented-migrants/

Make una marry sharp sharp oo..

I will never understand this liberal woke Europeans that support unlimited mass migration from the third world, they are mainly white women and they form organizations to advocate for mass illegal immigration. Is it that they hate their own people and countries or they are just stupid and ignorant because why would you want your country to be overrun by Arabs and Africans.

Good. if u must give citizenship let it be to the best, useful, peaceful and law abiding people.

The UK should fix its immigration policies they keep going back and forth.

Nigeria's president should learn from this....🧏


But unfortunately I don't think he will ever learn...!

How were they even giving citizenship to undocumented immigrants before now? And isn't any undocumented immigrant applying for citizenship just looking to get deported?

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COMRADES, where are those miscreants accusing Trump for taking though actions against illegal migrants? Are you happy now that England, Saudi Arabia etc, are also taking similar actions?

Na Una sabi

Dancebreaker:
Labour often deports more than the conservatives when in power. Labour tries hard to impress, but no matter how much Labour deports, they are never appreciated by the voters. Blair introduced huge fines for those employing illegals and deported a lot.

There is already the bias that only Conservatives or recently, the untested right wingers can sort immigration.

The issue is with messaging.
Labour may deport more but avoid clear communication or taking a definite side for fear
of being labelled as anti-immigrant, fascists, xenophobes, pro-illegals etc by left-wingers and right wingers.
So, they are considered pro- open borders on sitting on the fence.

To be fair though, both Tory and Labour have been very lax with immigration.
One talks about it sometime and may do little, the other prefer to work mostly in the shadow sometimes.

But voters wants someone who talks tough and can clearly choose a side and declare that
"We have immigration emergency and I will solve it" instead of the one showing infographs on
how many more they deported even though they can't be quoted to condemn illegal migration.
It won't matter if the tough guy eventually make no impact, it is the choosing of a side that convinces the voters.

I say, Labor, just like the American Democrats dug themselves into a needless pit and the conservatives or far right
will milk it for years to come.

The era of silent governance seems to be coming to an end in the west. It is all about showmanship now.

Wetin i wan use una citizenship do ? Una citizens wey una no fit secure outside una territory that one na citizenship.

Where is the pope to come and condemn Britain for this move... mtcheew

Weldon kemi

You are doing well

planetx:
I will never understand this liberal woke Europeans that support unlimited mass migration from the third world, they are mainly white women and they form organizations to advocate for mass illegal immigration. Is it that they hate their own people and countries or they are just stupid and ignorant because why would you want your country to be overrun by Arabs and Africans.

What is this one saying…..?
When the white man came to Africa to buy your brothers and sisters who gave them visa? The same boat you’re yapping about is what brought them. Oga you can’t be more Catholic than the pope.

Great100000:
Source: https://www.channelstv.com/2025/02/12/uk-to-refuse-citizenship-to-undocumented-migrants/

Who told you they need your citizenship...they came in illegally in the first place n don't mind remaining in the uk illegally for the rest of their lives

optimusprime2:
Where is the pope to come and condemn Britain for this move... mtcheew

They should sack that pope, just off point since him enter that seat