The future of "the Labour Party and its values will be in jeopardy" unless the Government takes "bold action" on migration, Shabana Mahmood will warn.
This week, the Home Secretary visited Denmark to see how its left-of-centre government cut asylum claims to a 40 year low by making the country less attractive to migrants and making it easier to deport those whose claims fail.
In a speech to a left-leaning think-tank next week, Ms Mahmood will make the socially-democratic case for cutting the levels of migration, both legal and illegal.
Her warning will come after Labour lost the Gorton and Denton by-election to a galvanised Green Party, which opposes tougher migration controls.
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Labour sources said Zack Polanski's position of open borders was not supported by Britons.
One party source said in the wake of the by-election result: “The idea that we are losing Muslim voters over immigration is plain wrong."
Next week, Ms Mahmood will argue migration reforms are consistent with “Labour values”, Government sources have told the People's Channel.
She will say under Labour, Britain will always provide sanctuary to those genuinely fleeing war and danger.
However, she will say the generosity of the UK's asylum system is drawing people from across the world, funding human traffickers and encouraging false claims.
The Home Secretary visited Denmark this week to see how its left-of-centre government has cut asylum claims to a 40 year low
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One source said: "If we do not restore order at the borders, ensuring fairness to local communities and protecting public services and the welfare state, and encouraging contribution and integration
"The alternative is the far-right raising the drawbridge and bringing havoc and chaos to Britain’s streets with ICE-style raids dividing our communities.
"Put simply, without bold action on migration, the entire future of Britain’s asylum system, the Labour Party and its values will be in jeopardy."
Ms Mahmood has been attracted by arguments from Social Democrats leader Mette Frederiksen, who claims uncontrolled immigration was placing huge pressure on local communities – especially those in working-class areas.
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The Labour minister will argue migration reforms are consistent with 'Labour values', Government sources have told GB News.
| GETTYShe had convinced her party to back migration reforms by saying they were required to save the social democratic way of life in Denmark, with its effective public services and generous social security.
The reforms introduced in Denmark proved a success.
Asylum seekers now have just one appeal against the decision before they are deported to a safe third-world country.
At the peak of the European migration crisis in 2016, more than 21,000 people claimed asylum in Denmark.
A decade later, asylum claims plummeted to below 2,000 – the lowest in 40 years, following reforms that came into force in 2019.
Responding to Ms Mahmood’s statement, Reform UK's home affairs spokesman Zia Yusuf said: “Shabana Mahmood’s announcement on Danish-style reforms is all talk and no action.
"The Government can’t fix the immigration crisis while staying chained to the ECHR. There is a national security emergency at our borders, public services collapsing under the weight of mass immigration and Islamist extremism being allowed to spread.
“Only Reform UK will deliver real change. Unlike Labour, we will leave the ECHR immediately, completely abolish Indefinite Leave to Remain, achieve net negative immigration, impose visa bans on countries refusing returns, and introduce the ‘Polanski Law’ to criminalise aiding illegal entry, regardless of intent.”
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