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UK unveils asylum policy reforms to boost deportations

UK unveils asylum policy reforms to boost deportations

Update: 2025-11-17
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Britain has unveiled sweeping asylum reforms that will make it far easier to deport people who enter the country illegally. Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood has outlined plans to tighten the use of human rights laws in migration cases, and place refugees on temporary protection for up to 20 years, before they can seek permanent residency.

Guest: Peter Walsh, senior researcher and Departmental Lecturer in Migration Studies at The Migration Observatory, at the University of Oxford

Producer: Anne Barker

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UK unveils asylum policy reforms to boost deportations

UK unveils asylum policy reforms to boost deportations

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