"For 20 years the Home Office has been blighted with regular and well-documented failures to manage asylum seekers. Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood's massive plan is unprecedented. And the legal and policy strategy marks an enormous change in thinking. In short, the government wants to move from thinking about "duties" the Home Office must fulfil to what "powers" it really needs to take and use to get a grip on the situation."
"At the heart of this plan - which sits alongside the slowly evolving "smash the gangs" project - is a massive reform of what refugee status leads to. At the moment, anyone accepted for protection is basically here for life, if they choose. Future applicants will enter a temporary system of safety called "Core Protection". A refugee would get a minimum 30 months of permission to live in the UK before it is reviewed."
The Home Office has experienced two decades of repeated failures to manage asylum seekers. Ministers propose shifting from an emphasis on statutory duties to increased powers to control migration while preserving constitutional safeguards such as the Human Rights Act. The plan introduces a temporary status, Core Protection, granting an initial 30 months of permission subject to review. The policy aims to incentivise return if conditions improve and prevents permanent settlement for up to 20 years unless migrants earn earlier settlement through work or study. The proposals also include cutting financial support for those eligible to work and requiring some asylum seekers to use assets for upkeep.
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