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UK Threatens Visa Bans

Home secretary threatens three African countries with visa ban under sweeping asylum changes

The changes will include fast-tracking the deportation of illegal migrants, an overhaul of human rights law and plans to end multiple appeals against removal

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Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood threatens Trump-style visa ban on three countries as part of radical asylum reforms

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UK Threatens Visa Bans Ahead Of Asylum Overhaul

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Asylum seekers who come to UK illegally will face 20-year wait, says Shabana Mahmood

Migrants granted asylum will no longer automatically get a permanent right to stay in the UK, Shabana Mahmood is to announce.

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UK government poised to overhaul its asylum system as a political storm brews over migration

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Immigration reforms will restore order at UK borders, minister says, as Tories call plans 'gimmicks'

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Fury Rises Over Labour's 'Cruel' New Asylum Plan: 'A Brutal Step Backwards'

She also wants to make refugees wait 20 years – rather than the current five years – to claim indefinite right to remain in the UK, although Mahmood has hinted that if asylum seekers use “safe and leg...

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Asylum crackdown is not racist, insists Mahmood

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Changes needed to fix 'broken system', as illegal migration 'creating division across our country', says home secretary

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Britain to announce ‘most significant’ change to asylum rules in years, setting Europe’s longest route to settlement

Britain plans to carry out the most significant reform of its asylum policy in modern times by making refugee status temporary and quadrupling the wait for permanent settlement to 20 years, as the Labour government confronts a “broken” asylum system that has fueled support for right-wing parties.

Full list of countries that face UK visa ban if they don’t take back migrants

Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood is said to have been inspired by Donald Trump's hardline homeland security secretary.

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What Changes Under the UK's Temporary Refugee Status Plan And Who Will Be Affected

The UK government is implementing significant changes to its asylum system, making refugee status temporary and extending the wait for permanent residency to 20 years. Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood highlighted the need for reforms amid rising illegal crossings and support for hardline parties.

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Home secretary to announce largest shake up of UK immigration in modern times

Shabana Mahmood will address the House of Commons on Monday to lay out "the most sweeping reforms to tackle illegal migration in modern times", effectively since the Second World War.

UK to scrap ‘golden ticket’ asylum rules: What changes are coming to the ‘out of control’ system?

The UK is preparing a sweeping, Denmark-inspired asylum overhaul aimed at curbing irregular migration, even as critics warn the reforms risk harming refugees and fuelling hostility.