Shorter asylum period can be renewed under hardline policy aimed at stopping rise of Reform UK
Shabana Mahmood has ripped up the government’s asylum rules so that from Monday every refugee will be told that their status is temporary and will last just 30 months.
In a move that has concerned a refugee charity, the home secretary said that claimants whose countries are deemed to be safe by the UK government will from now on be expected to return.
The announcement comes despite pleas from some Labour MPs, peers and affiliated unions this weekend for Keir Starmer’s government to shift towards progressive policies after the party came third in Thursday’s Gorton and Denton byelection.
The changes include plans to double to 10 years the amount of time some foreign nationals must wait before they can settle in the UK.
