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Mahmood to press on with immigration reforms despite by-election defeat
Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood aims to reduce migration by adopting Denmark's system that cut asylum applications to the lowest in 40 years and removed 95% of rejected claims.
- On introduction, Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood will introduce new legislation to overhaul Britain’s asylum system after touring Denmark’s reception and removals centres earlier this week, with implementation starting next week.
- The government argues it must cut migration to prevent the right dividing communities, while a government source says asylum generosity attracts traffickers and false claims, and Mahmood says tougher policies will blunt Reform UK after recent losses.
- Policy specifics show proposals include temporary protection, reduced appeals, waits up to 10 years for most migrants and 20 for refugees, plus biometric and health checks at reception and removals centres.
- Mahmood faces opposition from a dozen Labour MPs and pressure from left-wing Labour MPs, including Richard Burgon, who urges to `ditch the approach of aping Reform`, while the Greens recently accused Labour of echoing `the racist rhetoric of the far right`.
- Denmark’s experience shows its Social Democrat-led government cut asylum applications to the lowest in decades and removed most rejected applicants, with Mahmood praising Danish reception and removals centres.
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The Independent (US)Shabana Mahmood to launch fresh asylum crackdown to take on Farage’s Reform
The home secretary’s move comes in defiance of demands by Labour MPs for the party to lurch to the left in the wake of the humiliating defeat to the Greens in the Gorton and Denton by-election
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