Asylum seekers face being forced to wait for at least two years before they are allowed to apply for family members, including children, to join them in the UK, under tougher new plans announced by the Home Secretary .

It comes as Yvette Cooper said she would be pausing all new applications for family reunion from those granted asylum in the UK until the new stricter rules are brought in by the spring.

The strengthening of the family reunion rules comes as ministers sought to seize control of the narrative around migration, after a summer which was dominated by the issue and saw protests spring up around the country .

Cooper said the Government would tighten the rules around bringing family members into the UK after receiving asylum, after the average time before an application wa

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