POLL OF THE DAY: Do you approve of the Home Secretary’s tougher asylum reforms?
Independent, Green, Lib Dem and Labour MPs erupted into rage at the plans yesterday - but what do you think?
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On Monday, Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood outlined some of Labour's strongest-ever proposals to solve Britain's crisis-ridden asylum system.
Her plans include:
- Cutting the time refugees are initially granted to stay in the UK from five years to 30 months - which can only be extended if it is not safe for them to return;
- Refugees will have to spend 20 years in Britain before being allowed to apply for settled status, up from five years;
- There will be no automatic right to family reunion for refugees under core protection;
- "Asylum seekers" will no longer have their housing and weekly allowances guaranteed - and those who can work or have valuable assets will have to contribute to their costs in the UK;
- Families with children may also be subject to enforced returns under measures to remove those with no right to be in the UK.
Ms Mahmood provoked the fury of pro-migrant independent, Green, Lib Dem and Labour MPs when she told the Commons of her multi-point plan to cut down on some of the so-called "pull factors" to Britain.
But now, GB News is asking: Do you approve of the Home Secretary’s tougher asylum reforms?
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