Question to the Home Office:

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of the refugee family reunion suspension in place since 4 September 2025.

Given the immediate pressures that result from family reunion, we suspended the Refugee Family Reunion route to new applications on 4 September 2025. This was a difficult but necessary decision.

During the suspension, the Government is taking forward wider asylum and family migration reforms to place the system on a fair, controlled and sustainable footing, as set out in the Immigration White Paper and the Restoring Order and Control statement. Details of forthcoming changes will be set out in due course.

Impacts of the suspension continue to be monitored, with equality impacts considered throughout the policy development process.

During the suspension, other family routes, including Appendix FM, are available to family members of those with protection status, if they meet the relevant requirements.