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UK Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood aims to reduce asylum claims and ease expulsions by adopting Denmark's stricter immigration rules, which cut successful asylum claims to a 40-year low.
- Later this month, Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood will announce major immigration changes after dispatching officials to Copenhagen last month to study Denmark's immigration system, the BBC reports.
- Pressure from a detected re-entry on October 18 and more Channel small-boat crossings has increased calls for deterrents to reduce incentives and ease removals, Shabana Mahmood says.
- Officials note Denmark's tighter family reunion and temporary-stay rules, saying refugees face age, employment, benefit and language tests, and 'parallel societies' restrict family reunion; Rasmus Stoklund said, `We have tightened our laws in many ways.`
- Labour MPs are split over adopting Danish-style measures, with White leading 50 'Red Wall' MPs urging tougher steps while Nadia Whittome warns the policies are 'far-right'.
- Denmark's record of driving asylum claims to a 40-year low shows, with controversial measures like demolition powers and offers of up to £24,000 for voluntary returns, which the UK likely won't copy, Rasmus Stoklund said.
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The Home Secretary is considering a Danish-style overhaul of the immigration system which could limit how long some refugees are able to stay in the UK. Shabana Mahmood is looking to Denmark’s hardline immigration system for ideas on how the UK can cut small boat crossings in the Channel. Denmark has slashed asylum applications to a 40-year low through a mixture of tough policies such as restricting the ability of refugees to bring family member…
The British Home Secretary reportedly sent officials to Denmark to seek inspiration from the Danish immigration system, British media reports.
The United Kingdom looks forward to limiting family reunifications and introducing temporary stays for some refugees.
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Last month, Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood dispatched officials to the Nordic nation to study its border control and asylum policies, which are considered some of the toughest in Europe.
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