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Shabana Mahmood Defends Overhaul of 'Unfair' Asylum System
Reforms require some asylum seekers to contribute financially, including asset confiscation except for personal heirlooms, aiming to reduce costs and unsafe Channel crossings.
- On Monday, Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood will announce sweeping asylum reforms in the House of Commons, requiring some asylum seekers with assets to contribute and making refugee status temporary.
- Home Office officials argue the changes are needed because the 'pace and scale of change' destabilised communities and the British public pays billions, and they say reforms aim to cut dangerous Channel crossings; several Labour backbenchers and around 20 Labour MPs criticise the plans.
- Using vivid examples, Mahmood and colleagues argued that assets like cars, E‑bikes, and a person receiving £800 should contribute, while sentimental items like wedding rings would not be seized, Norris said.
- The proposals would limit failed asylum seekers to one appeal, end guaranteed refugee support, review refugee status every 30 months, and extend the wait for permanent settlement to 20 years.
- Some Labour MPs said `If all this comes together- she is highly likely to be the next leader of the Labour Party… but… can the useless Home Office actually deliver?`, as opposition parties and human rights charities condemned the reforms.
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