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<p>Asylum seekers who are granted refugee status or humanitarian protection will usually
be granted a period of limited leave (for 5 years) along with any dependants included
on the claim. When their leave is due to expire, they must apply for further leave
for themselves and any qualifying dependants if they want to remain in the UK.</p><p>After
5 years limited leave, an individual becomes eligible to apply for settlement in the
UK (which constitutes indefinite leave to remain) but this is a privilege and not
an automatic right.</p><p>Settlement may be refused where protection is no longer
required; or where there is evidence of criminality or concerns about their character,
conduct or associations such that they should be denied the benefits of permanent
residence in the UK. Those who no longer need protection can return home in safety
or apply to stay under other provisions of the Immigration Rules. Those who are still
at risk of serious harm in their country are not expected to return there and where
appropriate they will be granted limited leave if they do not qualify for settlement.</p><p>The
available published data on asylum-related grants of settlement (indefinite leave
to remain) are published in settlement tables se_02_q and se_02 in the ‘Immigration
Statistics Quarterly Release’. The published data do not show whether the applicant
had previously committed 1) minor, and (2) serious, offences.</p><p>To capture the
numbers requested would require a manual trawl of data and to do so would incur disproportionate
cost. There are no plans to identify these individuals separately within our published
statistics.</p>
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