"At the Labour conference in September, Mahmood promised to "do whatever it takes" to regain control of Britain's borders."
""We have tightened our laws in many ways. "We return more people back home. We have made it quite difficult to have family reunification in Denmark. "You will get expelled a lot easier if you commit crimes. And we have made different programmes to help people go back home voluntarily.""
Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood will announce a major shake-up of the immigration and asylum system later this month and intends to model some measures on Denmark's tougher approach. Officials examined Danish rules on limiting family reunion and designating most refugees for temporary stays. Mahmood seeks to reduce pull factors drawing people to the UK and to increase the ability to expel those without a right to remain. Some Labour MPs oppose adopting Danish-style measures, calling them too "hardcore" and echoing the far right. Denmark has driven successful asylum claims to a 40-year low except in 2020 and has expanded returns and voluntary repatriation programmes.
Read at www.bbc.com
Unable to calculate read time
Collection
[
|
...
]