UK home secretary Shabana Mahmood said the existing asylum system was designed for a 'simpler era', adding that she would cut through a 'thicket of laws' to update it. Photograph: House of Commons/UK Parliament/PA Wire
Britain’s Labour government has unveiled what it calls the “most sweeping asylum reforms in modern times”. They include limiting the right of refugees to stay in Britain permanently and a crackdown on migrants working illegally with delivery apps such as Deliveroo.
The measures also include reviewing individual claims every 2½ years and sending applicants back to their home countrie
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