Date of publication:
09/28/2026
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (the)
Do domestic laws and policies provide for the continued protection of refugees for whom special arrangements have been made?
Assessment by population
Analysis
The continued protection of refugees for whom special arrangements have been made is not provided for in statute or in the Immigration Rules.
However, the Home Office’s Asylum Policy Instruction Article 1D of the Refugee Convention: Palestinian refugees assisted by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) states that asylum policy is to operate so as to comply with the Refugee Convention by “applying Article 1D of the Refugee Convention to exclude from its protection those Palestinian refugees who are receiving UNRWA protection [and] ensuring that refugee status is granted to Palestinian asylum claimants who were previously registered and assisted by UNRWA where such assistance has ceased to be available to them.”1
- 1Home Office, Asylum Policy Instruction: Article 1D of the Refugee Convention: Palestinian refugees assisted by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), Version 2.0, 9 May 2016. Available at: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5a8055d8e5274a2e87db93a7/A-on-Article-1D-and-Palestinians-v2_0.pdf.
Related provisions of domestic law or policy
Nationality and Borders Act 2022
- Year: 2022
- Type: Domestic law
- Rights Category: Nationality, Integration & Public Affairs
- Link to external source: https://www.refworld.org/node/147259
Legal provision
Nationality and Borders Act 2022 - Generic
Nationality and Borders Act 2022 - Generic
Restoring Order and Control: A statement on the government’s asylum and returns policy, November 2025
- Year: 2025
- Type: Domestic policy
- Rights Category: Asylum
- Link to external source: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/asylum-and-returns-policy-statement
Legal provision
Restoring Order and Control: A statement on the government’s asylum and returns policy, November 2025 - Generic
Restoring Order and Control: A statement on the government’s asylum and returns policy, November 2025 - Generic
Restoring Control over the Immigration System, May 2025
- Year: 2025
- Type: Domestic policy
- Rights Category: Asylum
- Link to external source: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/restoring-control-over-the-immigration-system-white-paper
Legal provision
Restoring Control over the Immigration System, May 2025 - Generic
Restoring Control over the Immigration System, May 2025 - Generic
Permission to stay on a protection route for asylum claims lodged on or after 2 March 2026
- Year: 2026
- Type: Domestic policy
- Rights Category: Asylum
- Link to external source: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/permission-to-stay-on-a-protection-route-caseworker-guidance
Legal provision
Permission to stay on a protection route for asylum claims lodged on or after 2 March 2026 - Generic
Permission to stay on a protection route for asylum claims lodged on or after 2 March 2026 - Generic
The Civil Legal Aid (Financial Resources and Payment for Services) Regulations 2013
- Year: 2013
- Type: Domestic law
- Rights Category: Asylum
- Link to external source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2013/480/contents
Legal provision
The Civil Legal Aid (Financial Resources and Payment for Services) Regulations 2013 - Generic
The Civil Legal Aid (Financial Resources and Payment for Services) Regulations 2013 - Generic
Asylum Policy Instruction: Article 1D of the Refugee Convention: Palestinian refugees assisted by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), Version 2.0, 9 May 2016
- Year: 2016
- Type: Domestic policy
- Rights Category: Asylum
- Link to external source: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5a8055d8e5274a2e87db93a7/A-on-Article-1D-and-Palestinians-v2_0.pdf.
Legal provision
Asylum Policy Instruction: Article 1D of the Refugee Convention: Palestinian refugees assisted by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), Version 2.0, 9 May 2016 - Generic
Asylum Policy Instruction: Article 1D of the Refugee Convention: Palestinian refugees assisted by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), Version 2.0, 9 May 2016 - Generic