A quick Google search brings up these resources. Note that all of them date back to 2016-17.
Settlement for people on a protection route (refugee status / humanitarian protection) wrote:
(Page 21)
Evidence that a dependant travelled home or obtained a national passport
Where a dependant granted leave in-line has obtained a national passport, the case must be referred to the Travel Documents Team to consider whether cancellation of any Home Office issued travel document is appropriate.
Referring cases
If one or more of the scenarios in this section applies, the case must be referred to the Status Review Unit (SRU) (or relevant unit) to consider whether it is appropriate to revoke protection status, in accordance with the published Home Office policy instructions on Revocation of Refugee Status, Exclusion (Article 1F) and Article 33(2) or Humanitarian Protection.
Asylum policy instruction: Revocation of refugee status wrote:
(Page 13)
3.4 Triggers that lead to a review of refugee status
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Return to country of origin or obtaining a passport
This will usually indicate voluntary re-availment and may lead to revocation under Paragraph 339A(i)-(vi).
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(Page 24)
Compassionate circumstances
Refugees are entitled to apply for a Refugee Convention Travel Document (CTD). If a refugee holds a national passport when they are granted refugee status, this will be retained by the Travel Documents Section (TDS) when a CTD is issued. Persons accepted as refugees in the UK cannot hold both a CTD and their own national passport.
If a refugee wants their national passport back and if they chose to travel on their own national passport, their case will be reviewed and they would be in danger of losing their refugee status. TDS will consider returning the refugees national passport in certain exceptional circumstances where a refugee makes such a request, however, they would first have to return any CTD they hold. It is expected that the length of the visit will be consistent with the purpose of that visit and the individual should be informed of this when their passport is returned to them.
As mentioned, the documents listed above date from 2016-17. Perhaps
@London22 may have links to a more up-to-date version of these and other documents.
To the OP: I am sorry that you find yourself in this situation. But when you applied as a refugee, you represented that you were unsafe in your country of origin and had to flee.
If you can safely return, that can mean either that you lied during your initial application or that the situation in your country of origin has changed sufficiently for you to be there safely, which means that you no longer need to be a refugee.
If neither of those conditions are true, you may have to look at bidding farewell to your father by Zoom, as many British families did during the Covid lockdowns.
I am not a lawyer or immigration advisor. My statements/comments do not constitute legal advice. E&OE. Please do not PM me for advice.
