US EditionHome secretary to tackle UK's 'excessive generosity' with sweeping immigration reforms
- On November 17, Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood will tell MPs she will unveil sweeping reforms aimed at making the UK less attractive to illegal immigrants, modelling parts of the plan on Denmark after officials studied its policies last month.
- Rising Channel crossings have left small boat crossings a major headache for the UK government, with 39,075 people crossing, up 19% on 2024 and 43% on 2023; around 100 have been sent back to France under a returns deal.
- Home Office minister Mike Tapp said on Thursday that legal tweaks would ask judges to prioritise public safety over migrants' family life rights and ease deportations under human rights legislation.
- Ms Mahmood said nearly 50,000 illegal migrants have been removed since the election, while the Government said a man returned under the one in, one out returns deal will be deported back to France shortly.
- Amid calls to act, Shabana Mahmood pledged, `I pledge today to scale up the removal and deportations`, while research shows some deterrence policies have little effect, though a 2017 study found Denmark's `negative nation branding` reduced applications.
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Asylum in UK to be made temporary under Home Secretary’s plans
Shabana Mahmood will lay out reforms modelled on the Danish system on Monday. Those granted asylum in the UK will only be allowed to stay temporarily under a policy shift the Home Secretary will announce next week. Shabana Mahmood will lay out reforms modelled on the Danish system on Monday which aim to make the UK less attractive for illegal immigrants, and make it easier to deport them. Refugee status will become temporary and subject to regul…
Can Shabana Mahmood win the immigration debate with Labour?
Remember Labour’s immigration white paper from May? It was a remarkable volte face for a party whose modern soul has been partly shaped around openness to new arrivals. It echoed the case that mass immigration sceptics have been making for 20 years. Labour, it was claimed, can now be trusted to bring legal immigration back down to modest levels after the extraordinary post-pandemic Boriswave. On top of this, Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood is now…
The impact of the UK’s new asylum policies, according to experts
The Home Secretary is expected to announce major reforms to European human rights laws and modern slavery legislation in an effort to deport more illegal migrants and cut asylum claims. Shabana Mahmood is considering reforms to the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR), as well as policies implemented in Denmark, where asylum claims have reached a 40-year low, The i Paper reported. The plans will be announced on Monday as the Home Office un…
Why the UK should think twice before copying Denmark’s asylum policies
When the British government recently announced its plan to emulate Denmark’s asylum and immigration system, it framed the move as a way to restore fairness and regain control. But for those who know how Denmark’s system actually works, the move raises serious ethical — and practical — questions. This is not the first time the UK and Denmark have looked to each other for ideas on tough migration policies. In 2022, both considered schemes to send …
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