Fifty groups from around the UK who work with refugees have called on the Home Secretary Amber Rudd to reverse a policy “beyond basic morality”, the BBC reports.

Five years after refugee status is granted, refugees will take part in a “safe return review” which will determine if they are able to remain in the UK or if they must return home.

The Home Office refused to comment on the scheme because of “purdah” rules which curb government activity in the pre-election period.

The new policy will see those who apply for settlement subject to the safe return review to determine the current situation in their country of origin.

But campaigners sat the new measures would “put an end to hope of stability” and prevent refugees from integrating.

Signatories include Black Lives Matter UK, the Northern Ireland Community of Refugees and Asylum Seekers, the Scottish Refugee Council, Migrant Voice, Space4U Cardiff, Manchester Migrant Solidarity and Calais Action.