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The Trump administration is discussing the possibility of offering asylum to Jews from the United Kingdom amid growing concerns about antisemitism there, according to reporting by The Telegraph.
Robert Garson, President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer, said he has held conversations with officials at the U.S. State Department about providing refuge to British Jews who are seeking to leave the country. Garson, a former London-based attorney who moved to the United States in 2008, said he believes the United Kingdom is “no longer a safe place for Jews.”
Garson pointed to recent incidents, including an Islamist attack on a synagogue in Manchester and what he described as a sharp rise in antisemitism following the Hamas attack on Israel on Oct. 7, 2023. Those developments, he said, have contributed to a climate in which British Jews increasingly feel threatened and unwelcome.
“I don’t see a future for Jews in the U.K.,” Garson told the newspaper, placing much of the blame on British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, whom he accused of allowing antisemitism to spread unchecked.
Garson argued that the idea of offering asylum is appealing from a U.S. perspective, describing British Jews as a population that is English-speaking, highly educated and unlikely to present criminal or integration challenges. He said he has raised the proposal with Yehuda Kaploun, the U.S. special envoy to monitor and combat antisemitism, during discussions connected to his role on the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Council.
“When I look at what is going on with Jews in Britain, and when I look at the changing demographics, I don’t believe there is a future for Jews in the United Kingdom,” Garson said. “For me, that is particularly sad.”
Data from the Institute for Jewish Policy Research underscores the growing unease. A survey conducted last year found that 35 percent of British Jews said they felt unsafe in the U.K. in 2025, compared with 9 percent in 2023, before the Hamas attacks and subsequent protests in Britain related to Israel’s war in Gaza.
Perceptions of antisemitism have also intensified over time. Nearly half of British Jews — 47 percent — now describe antisemitism as a “very big” problem, up from 11 percent in 2012, according to the survey.
U.S. officials have not publicly confirmed whether a formal asylum policy for British Jews is under active consideration, but Garson said discussions within the administration are ongoing.
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