Minister says Mahmood’s migration policy will ‘prolong integration’
She said the longer wait would harm integration and hit care workers, while Home Office estimates put the number due for settlement at up to 2.2 million.
- Energy Secretary Miatta Fahnbulleh joined growing Labour opposition to Shabana Mahmood's migration plans, which would extend the wait for permanent residence from five to 15 years for foreign citizens.
- Under plans set out by Mahmood last year, foreign care workers face stricter residency requirements, affecting about 185,000 individuals recruited between 2022 and 2024 to support Britain's social care sector.
- Housing Secretary Angela Rayner criticized the proposal for unfairly "changing the goalposts" for migrants, while Fahnbulleh warned that extending wait times threatens "the process of building cohesion."
- More than 100 Labour MPs and trade unions have formally opposed the policy, prompting expectations that the Home Office will water down the proposals later this year.
- Fahnbulleh has advocated for a "much stronger focus on integration" rather than restrictive settlement timelines, arguing the changes lack compassion for those who "moved their lives here to look after our loved ones.
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The Independent (US)Fahnbulleh declines to back Home Secretary’s plan to extend wait for settlement
Shabana Mahmood plans to increase the period foreign nationals must live in Britain before they can be granted permanent residence to 15 years.
Shabana Mahmood faces pressure from Labour frontbenchers to water down 'Boriswave' migrant crackdown
Shabana Mahmood has come under pressure from frontbench Labour colleagues to save her migration reforms.The Home Secretary is being urged to water down plans that would make it harder for foreign workers to claim permanent residence, or risk an internal Labour war.Under current plans, Prime Minister Andy Burnham is considering exempting care workers from plans to triple the qualifying period for indefinite leave to remain from five to 15 years.B…
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