"Speaking in the House of Commons, Mahmood said: "If we fail to deal with this crisis, we will draw more people down a path that starts with anger and ends in hatred." The reforms will make refugee status temporary, extend the wait for permanent settlement from five years to 20, and allow the removal of families with children who have no right to remain."
"Alongside tightening access to refugee status, the UK would create new legal routes to the UK, with an annual cap on numbers. As part of her speech, Mahmood told MPs "we must remove those who have failed asylum claims, regardless of who they are". "There are, for instance, around 700 Albanian families living in taxpayer-funded accommodation having failed their asylum claims - despite an existing returns agreement, and Albania being a signatory to the European convention on human rights," she added."
Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood announced major asylum reforms making refugee status temporary, extending the wait for permanent settlement from five to 20 years, and permitting removal of families with children who have no right to remain. The package includes tighter access to refugee status, creation of new legal routes to the UK, and an annual cap on arrivals. Mahmood highlighted around 700 Albanian families in taxpayer-funded accommodation after failing asylum claims. Albania's prime minister Edi Rama criticised the singling out of Albanian families and defended the returns deal that has delivered more than 13,000 deportations since 2022.
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