POLL OF THE DAY: Do you approve of the Home Secretary’s tougher asylum reforms? - YOUR VERDICT
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.
This poll is now closed. See the full results below and continue to have your say in the comments.
In the exclusive poll for GB News membership readers, a majority (76 per cent) of the 2,918 voters approve of the Home Secretary's tougher asylum reforms, while 24 per cent did not.
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