Labour hardens immigration rules as it seeks to curb Reform UK’s rise and crack down on small-boat crossings
Migrants arrive at the Port of Dover on board a Border Force vessel after being rescued while crossing the English Channel, in Dover, Britain, Dec. 17, 2021. PHOTO: REUTERS
Britain said it would make refugee status temporary and the wait for permanent settlement would be quadrupled to 20 years under the country's most sweeping overhaul of policy on asylum seekers in modern times.
The Labour government has been hardening its immigration policies, above all on illegal small-boat crossings from France, in efforts to stem the soaring popularity of the populist Reform UK party, which has
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