LONDON: Britain said on Monday it would suspend applications from registered refugees to bring family members into the country in order to give the government time to toughen the rules, its latest attempt to cut the number of arrivals. Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s Labour government is under mounting pressure to reduce the number of asylum seekers reaching Britain from France in small boats, after hotels housing migrants became a focal point for weeks of sometimes violent demonstrations.

Home secretary to announce overhaul of family reunion policy in attempt to quell fractious immigration debate

Move part of broader immigration crackdown as ruling Labour Party comes under pressure from hard-right Reform UK party.