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flag UK proposes delaying settled status for up to 300,000 children by extending wait times to 10–20 years, retroactively applying new rules.

flag A proposed UK immigration policy change could delay settled status for up to 300,000 children by extending the qualifying period to 10 or 15 years, retroactively applying new rules that affect families who arrived under previous expectations. flag The plan, introduced by Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood, would require most migrants to wait 10 years, with lower-skilled workers facing up to 15 years, and those on benefits potentially 20 years. flag Critics, including the IPPR, Labour MPs, and advocacy groups, warn the shift undermines trust, harms child welfare, increases poverty risk, and disrupts education and family stability, calling the retroactive change unfair and damaging to integration.

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