Original title: UK to tighten family member rules for asylum cases
UK to tighten family member rules for asylum cases 42 minutes ago Share Save Joe Pike Political correspondent and George Wright BBC News Share Save Getty Images 55 small boats were recorded crossing the Channel in August, the lowest August figure since 2019 - any seized small boats, motors and inflatable gear is logged and stored at Dover Home Secretary Yvette Cooper is to announce a tightening of rules for migrants granted asylum bringing their families to the UK. Speaking in the Commons today as MPs return to Westminster, she will set out criteria for family members - including tougher English language standards and access to sufficient funds - and outline reforms to the asylum appeals system. Cooper will say an overhaul of a “broken” asylum system seeks to end the use of hotels for migrants arriving on small boats - after a series of protests in recent months. The Conservatives said that the proposed rule change was a “tiny tweak” and that the government was in “complete denial” abo