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"A refugee is a person who 'owing to a well-founded fear of being persecuted for reasons of race, re...
read moreRefugee Convention means the United Nations Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees 1951 and t...
read moreRefugee status is awarded to someone the Home Office recognises as a refugee as described in the Ref...
read moreThe process whereby those under 18 years of age can acquire British citizenship if they meet certain...
read moreRegistration Certificates are issued to EEA nationals to confirm that they are exercising a treaty r...
read moreA process by which minor children can become British citizens without applying for it on their own; ...
read moreRemoval is a process whereby immigration officers enforce return from the UK to another country. Â
read moreA legal document issued by  UK Visas and Immigration telling you the date, time and flight number of...
read moreRemoval of time limit is administrative action resulting in a non-EEA national being granted indefin...
read moreGovernment-authorized and enforced departures of foreign nationals without legal permission to remai...
read moreRemovals and voluntary departure figures include enforced removals, notified voluntary departures, p...
read moreMost asylum seekers who are not detained are expected to report to a reporting centre or police stat...
read moreResettlement if the process whereby refugees living outside their country of origin are moved to ano...
read moreResidence cards are issued to non-EEA national family members of an EEA national. A residence card c...
read moreResidence cards are issued to non-EEA national family members of an EEA national when sought. It con...
read moreThis is a document issued to EEA nationals by the Home Office entitling the EEA national and their d...
read moreIf you are defending an appeal, you are the respondent. If you are appealing a decision of the Home ...
read moreTo go back to a previous state. In the context of immigration, retrogression is when somebody's plac...
read moreA returning resident is someone who has left the UK and has been given permission to return to the U...
read moreTo cancel, reverse, or take something back. In the context of immigration, for example, the governme...
read more"Right of abode means that you are free from United Kingdom immigration control and you do not need ...
read more"Right to reside An individual has the right to reside in the UK if they are: €¢ a UK national or f...
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