0h 1min, apr 28, 2025 y - Sex Offenders to be Denied Asylum Rights

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Asylum seekers will be denied the right to stay in the UK if they have been convicted of sexual offences, the government has announced.

Any offender sentenced to more than a year in prison, as well as terrorists and war criminals, can currently be refused asylum and deported under the Refugee Convention.

The government want to widen the scope to include anyone convicted of a crime that would see them put on the sex offenders register in the UK, regardless of the length of their sentence.

Home Secretary Yvette Cooper said this would "ensure these appalling crimes are taken seriously".

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