US EditionShabana Mahmood to Introduce Trump-Style Visa Ban in Wider Asylum Reform
Visa bans target Angola, Namibia, and DRC for refusing migrant returns; over 4,000 migrants involved, with a one-month deadline to improve cooperation before sanctions escalate.
- On Monday Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood will set out a major overhaul of Britain’s asylum system in the House of Commons, billed as the largest reform in the modern era.
- The Home Office says 111,084 asylum applications in the year to June, the highest since records began, alongside 39,075 arrivals this year and rising rights-based appeals prompting reform.
- Ministers will include measures that threaten visa bans on Angola, Namibia and the Democratic Republic of Congo, impose time-limited refugee status with 30-month reviews, and enforce a 20-year qualifying period for permanent residence for irregular arrivals.
- Refugee Council chief executive Enver Solomon said the plans `will not deter people from making dangerous crossings` and warned they could cost `£872 million over 10 years`, risking increased humanitarian costs.
- The government argues the reforms will create Europe's longest settlement pathway, noting Denmark’s equivalent is eight years, and plans to seek Article 3 and Article 8 reforms in the ECHR.
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News diary 17-23 November: Asylum policy statement, UK inflation data, and South Africa hosts G20
Immigration takes central focus in UK politics this week as home secretary Shabana Mahmood announces reforms to the country’s asylum policy on Monday. The changes are set to include fast-tracking the deportation of illegal migrants and an overhaul of human rights law. Later in the week, key inflation data is released – a major economic marker as the country heads into the Christmas period. The week closes with South Africa hosting the G20 summit…
Take Back Migrants or Face Visa Ban, Says Home Secretary
Countries that refuse to take back illegal migrants from Britain will face visa bans, Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood is to announce as part of a crackdown on immigration. But Labour MPs are getting uncomfortable. The post Take Back Migrants or Face Visa Ban, Says Home Secretary appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.
Times of Malta
UK threatens visa bans ahead of asylum overhaul
The UK government on Monday threatened visa bans on three African countries unless they accept the returns of irregular migrants, as the interior minister was set to announce sweeping changes to the asylum system.Britain said it would stop granting visas to nationals from Angola, Namibia and the Democratic Republic of Congo unless the countries accepted...
London threatened, on Monday, 17 November, to restrict the granting of visas to three African countries which it accuses of not cooperating enough to re-admit their illegal nationals, a measure included in the vast migration reform which the Labour government will unveil during the day.
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