Harsher settlement rules wouldn’t have stopped me fleeing hell in Syria to reach the UK. Now I’m here, they will just pile trauma on top of trauma I am a refugee and I am in shock at the home secretary’s announcement that people like me will now have to wait up to 30 years before they can apply ...

Source: [Guardian Politics](https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/nov/04/stop-the-boats-government-refugees-settlement-rules-syria-uk)

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