The home secretary’s plan to set up a safe legal route for a limited number of genuine refugees is balanced by a tougher approach to those who do not qualify

Home secretary speeds up major part of bill governing asylum and refugees as new prime minister set to take over

The Home Secretary is a pressing ahead with plans - first floated in November - to create new 'safe and legal routes' for refugees.

The new law will also tighten the definition of ‘family’ for the purposes of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR)

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The UK government is set to introduce a sweeping immigration and asylum bill next week that will open new Canada-inspired legal routes for refugees while tightening rules…

The new system is inspired by Canada's asylum seeker scheme, which allows private organisations and individuals to sponsor refugees

The Home Secretary this weekend announced she would open 'safe and legal' routes that would allow a reported 10,000 asylum-seekers to come to the UK.

The home secretary’s plan to set up a safe legal route for a limited number of genuine refugees is balanced by a tougher approach to those who do not qualify

More than any Labour Cabinet minister in living memory, Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood understands the dangers of uncontrolled immigration.

The home secretary is trying to make it harder for asylum seekers to fight their deportation over links to family in the UK

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