U.K. asylum reforms face Labour backlash while gaining support from rivals, highlighting deep divisions over immigration policy.

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Refugees would face longer waits and possible return to their home country if deemed safe, under proposals

I know some of these measures will face opposition. But a country without secure borders is less safe for those who look like me, says Shabana Mahmood, the home secretary

There is understood to be growing unease in party over home secretary’s sweeping overhaul of refugee rights

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…

Home secretary to announce a drastic tightening of rules, including requiring asylum seekers to wait 20 years before getting the right to permanently settle in UK

LONDON: Britain will overhaul its approach to human rights laws to make it easier to deport migrants who arrive illegally, in a major shake-up of asylum policy to be set out on…

Britain to announce proposals on asylum with refugees facing longer waits and possible return to their countries.

Editorial: Shabana Mahmood’s asylum overhaul burdens an overstretched system and hands political advantage to her opponents

La ministra dell’Interno Shabana Mahmood illustra in Parlamento la riforma «Ristabilire l’ordine e il controllo». È polemica nel Labour

There is mounting disquiet among Labour MPs, while the vulnerable refugees at the heart of this story are living with a renewed sense of panic, says Diane Taylor, who writes on…

The controversial plans to tackle the asylum system have been likened to the policies of far right activist Tommy Robinson

The home secretary’s new measures include plans to escalate the removal of families whose asylum claims have been refused

U.K. asylum reforms face Labour backlash while gaining support from rivals, highlighting deep divisions over immigration policy.

Labour backbenchers accuse government of ‘chasing Reform’ with new measures

Inspired by Denmark’s strict system on asylum seekers, Shabana Mahmood has unveiled her own version to the Commons - but what will it mean, and what has the reaction been to it so…

As Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood faces a Labour revolt over her planned overhaul of the asylum system, Alex Ross looks at how effective the measures would be