"The UK home secretary, Shabana Mahmood, told the BBC on Sunday evening (16 November) - ahead of publishing a major shake-up of the asylum system on Monday (17 November) - that immigration is "tearing the country apart" and placing an "intense strain on communities"."
""Let us also be clear: Albanians are net contributors to the British economy, and the number of Albanians receiving UK benefits is very low relative to other communities," Rama wrote in his criticism. "To single them out again and again is not policy - it is a troubling and indecent exercise in demagoguery. "Official policy should never be driven by ethnic stereotyping. That is the very least humanity expects from the great Great Britain.""
"The proposals will see refugee status become temporary where it will be reviewed every 30 months and people could be returned to their home country if it is deemed "safe", while some migrants will have to wait up to 20 years for settled status and the legal duty to provide asylum seekers with support"
A proposed UK asylum overhaul would make refugee status temporary with reviews every 30 months and allow returns if a home country is judged "safe". The measures would delay settled status for some migrants by up to 20 years and remove the legal duty to provide asylum seeker support. An LGBTQ+ refugee charity condemned the changes as disproportionately harming LGBTQ+ refugees seeking safety and protection. Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood said immigration was "tearing the country apart" and placing an "intense strain on communities". Human rights groups and some Labour MPs criticised those remarks, and Albania's prime minister accused the Home Secretary of ethnic stereotyping.
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