Starmer Vows To End Asylum 'Golden Ticket' In New Immigration Crackdown

<div><img src="https://img.huffingtonpost.com/asset/68de0a5a140000bea95c6b67.jpeg?ops=scalefit_630_noupscale" alt="Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer gives his keynote speech at the annual Labour Party conference in Liverpool, England, Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Jon Super)" data-caption="Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer gives his keynote speech at the annual Labour Party conference in Liverpool, England, Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Jon Super)" data-credit-link-back="" data-credit="via Associated Press" />Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer gives his keynote speech at the annual Labour Party conference in Liverpool, England, Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Jon Super)</div><div class="content-list-component text"><p><a href="https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/news/keir-starmer/">Keir Starmer </a>has vowed to end the “golden ticket” of migrants granted asylum in the UK being allowed to settle in the country.</p><p>The prime minister said refugees would need to “earn” the right to live in the UK in future by showing that they can “contribute” to British society.</p><p>Asylum seekers would also no longer be allowed to automatically bring family members to Britain as the government tries to reduce the so-called “pull factors” which lead to them coming to the UK on <a href="https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/news/small-boat-crossings/">small boats </a>across the Channel.</p><p>The move is part of the government’s latest immigration crackdown as the prime minister tries to convince voters he will reduce the numbers coming to Britain and see off the threat of <a href="https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/news/reform-uk/">Reform UK</a>.</p><p>Starmer, who will unveil the policy at a European Political Community (EPC) summit in Copenhagen on