Will the government seize jewellery at the border?

Will the government seize jewellery at the border?

Will the government strip jewellery from migrants arriving in Britain? Many were under that impression following Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood’s changes to the asylum system were announced this week.  Except Mahmood never announced such a policy. The claim that “illegal migrants’ valuables such as jewellery and watches will be seized and sold to pay towards their accommodation costs” first appeared as an exclusive in Monday’s edition of the Sun…