Keep the 5 years route to refugees, we can’t go back to uncertainty.

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

Please keep the 5-year settlement route for refugees who already have status. We survived trauma and years of uncertainty to finally feel safe. Don’t push us back into fear with longer routes. If rules change, they must not be applied to those already recognised.

Many refugees, including survivors of human trafficking, endured years of trauma before finally finding safety in the UK. Changing our path to a longer route now would take away the security we have just begun to build. We should not be forced back into fear or instability after overcoming so much. The Government must honour the commitment made when our status was granted.

Why it was rejected

There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.

Hello - this is effectively a duplicate of this petition (below) which you may wish to sign instead:

Keep the 5-Year ILR route for refugees. Do not extend it to 10 or 20 years
Keep the 5-Year ILR route for refugees. Do not extend it to 10 or 20 years

Timeline

22 Nov 2025	Petition opened for signatures
22 Dec 2025	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 21

Status Rejected

Rejected 22 Dec 2025

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