British home secretary Shabana Mahmood has outlined changes to how the European Convention on Human Rights should be interpreted by UK courts. Photograph: Jeff Overs/BBC/PA Wire
Britain on Monday said it would make refugee status temporary and speed up the deportation of those who arrive illegally, in a major overhaul aimed at stemming the rise of the populist Reform UK party and tackling abuse of the current system.
Interior minister Shabana Mahmood outlined changes to how the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) should be interpreted by UK courts to give the government greater control over who can remain in Britain.
UK prime minister Keir Starmer, a former human rights lawyer, said Britai
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