The UK government is prepared to tighten visa requirements for nationals of Pakistan, Nigeria, and Sri Lanka, following an increase in asylum claims from those who entered the country legitimately, BBC reported.
According to government sources, persons on employment or study visas submitted over 20,000 asylum applications in 2023. Ministers feel that this practice undermines immigration controls and leads to long-term overstays.
The Home Office, which stopped publishing exit data in 2020 due to accuracy difficulties, claims that many departures go undetected, according to BBC.
A new immigration white paper will propose improvements.
