Nov. 16 (UPI) -- Britain's home secretary Shabana Mahmood plans to unveil plans to overhaul the country's asylum policy Monday after declaring that illegal immigration is "tearing the country apart."
The new measures will include a two-decade long wait period after people who are granted asylum are allowed to settle in the country permanently, the BBC reported.
The new plans will also require that people who are granted asylum will have their refugee status reviewed regularly, and those whose countries are deemed safe will be required to return. Mahmood said Sunday that she sees reforming Britain's immigration system as a "moral mission."
Conservatives would deport undocumented migrants "within a week," while Liberal Democratic Party leaders have called for asylum seekers to have the right to work.
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