US EditionBritain reviews human rights laws in major shake-up of asylum policy
- On Monday, Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood will announce sweeping asylum reforms in the House of Commons, described as the most radical overhaul of the UK's asylum system in modern times.
- Rising Channel crossings — almost 40,000 people in 2025 — have shaped the debate, while public concern and rising asylum claims boosted support for Reform UK.
- The proposals would rewrite how Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights is applied by limiting family life protections to immediate family, and asylum appeals would be restricted to a single route with expedited removals for weak cases.
- A backbench outcry has already emerged as Labour backbench MPs warned of revolt and labelled the plans 'performative cruelty', while borders minister Alex Norris urged patience to examine the package closely.
- Modelled on Denmark, the plans pair tighter removals with new safe legal routes and threaten visa bans on Angola, Namibia and the Democratic Republic of Congo, with refugee status reviewed every 30 months and 20 years before settled status.
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Government asylum system overhaul faces Labour MPs backlash
The Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood has announced what she claims is the “most sweeping asylum reforms in modern times”. Under the new rules, refugees will face a much longer wait for permanent settlement in the UK, with much tougher rules and less generous help along the way. Shabana Mahmood said this was vital to restore confidence in the asylum system
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Independent EspañolBy BRIAN MELLEY LONDON (AP) — The British government's plan to tighten its asylum system encountered strong resistance Monday from within its own party, but was receiving some support from political rivals, indicating just how divisive the issue of immigration has become. Before Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood had even released details of the plan to make the UK less attractive to asylum seekers and make it easier to deport migrants, she was alre…
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Rother Radio - Rotherham & Sheffield's Best Variety of Hits!Home Secretary sets out reforms to overhaul ‘unfair’ asylum system
Shabana Mahmood said it was the ‘uncomfortable truth’ that the UK’s asylum offer compared to other European countries is drawing people to the…
On Monday, the British Government announced a far-reaching reform of the asylum system that Home Minister Shabana Mahmood presented to the House of Commons as a determined attempt to “restore order and control” at the country’s borders. The plan, described by the Minister herself as the most important attempt “in decades”, seeks to adapt a framework conceived for which she described as “a simpler one” to a “more volatile and mobile” present, in …
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