From: jethro_uk@hotmailbin.com 
  
 On Wed, 03 Sep 2025 23:08:45 +0100, Pamela wrote: 
  
 > On 16:50  3 Sep 2025, Jethro_uk said: 
 >> On Wed, 03 Sep 2025 16:06:55 +0100, Pamela wrote: 
 >>> 
 >>> 
 >>> It begs the question: How many years after leaving their home country 
 >>> can a person keep their refugee status sufficiently "alive" 
 >>> to be recognised by the Refugee Convention? 
 >> 
 >> and how does that matter if they are granted *indefinite* leave to 
 >> remain 
 > 
 > I was thinking of a situation where an asylum seeker's claim gets 
 > rejected and as a result he applies in yet another country. Can this go 
 > on for a decade and would he still be considered a refugee? 
  
 Didn't the Dublin agreement mean that when one EU country rejected a 
 claim, it wa on behalf of all ? Maybe the UK could join a scheme like 
 that ? 
  
 > For those who obtain it, ILR in the UK requires 10 years (currently 5) 
 > and can be revoked by the government. But that is a different situation. 
 > The migrant in my question would have moved on by then. 
  
 But with what nationality ? Or at the very least with what country 
 guaranteeing to accept them if they travel ? 
  
 The UK needs to be careful it doesn't push other countries into a 
 position where someone living under a successful asylum claim is unable 
 to leave the UK because no where else will receive them as a visitor. 
  
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