Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood is set to make a major announcement in the Commons on Thursday. The Cabinet Minister is likely to make comments on legal immgigration, days after announcing a clampdown on illegal migrants.
Ms Mahmood set out a raft of reforms to the asylum system on Monday, including to return families with children with no right to be in the UK by force if necessary. Ms Mahmood told MPs on Monday it was the “uncomfortable truth” that the UK’s generous asylum offer, compared with other European countries, is drawing people to UK shores, and for British taxpayers the system “feels out of control and unfair”.
Under the plans, refugee status will become temporary and subject to review every 30 months, while refugees will be able to apply for permanent settlement only after 20 years, instead of five years currently.
After each review they could be forced to go home if their country is deemed safe. Plans to deport asylum seekers who have their claims refused, including families with children, will also apply to children born in the UK where their parents have no right to be in the country.
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