8 h. ago Shabana Mahmood is an avatar of open Britain – that’s what makes her fable about immigration so seductive | Nesrine Malik

‘She is the daughter of immigrants,’ supporters of her cruel asylum policies say. ‘How can she be wrong?’ Let me put them straightOver the past couple of weeks, Shabana Mahmood has launched not only her new asylum crackdown policy, but also her “story”. The two are inseparable: her story justifies the crackdown. It moralises the crackdown. And it silences criticism of the crackdown. Sold as an origin story from within an immigrant and racialised experience, the purpose is to imbue her politics with sacred authenticity – the credibility of the first person. It is clever and effective. It is cynical and disgraceful.“I am the child of immigrants” is how Mahmood now starts her fable. Immigrants who came here legally. She goes on to tell us that immigration is tearing this country apart, and proposes policies that mean UK-born children, who have known no life anywhere else, will be deported. As she launches policies that will leave refugees homeless and without support, tear families apa...

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25 h. ago The UK is set to impose some of Europe’s toughest asylum laws – but how does it really compare to the continent?

Home secretary Shabana Mahmood is carrying out one of the largest reforms to the asylum system the UK has ever seen. But is the overhaul really proportionate to the numbers arriving on UK shores? Alex Croft reports

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26 h. ago Anas Sarwar praises 'brave' Shabana Mahmood over immigration and asylum crackdown

The Scottish Labour leader said action is needed to fix the "broken" immigration system.

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26 h. ago The UK is set to impose some of Europe’s toughest asylum laws

Home secretary Shabana Mahmood is carrying out one of the largest reforms to the asylum system the UK has ever seen. But is the overhaul really proportionate to the numbers arriving on UK shores? Alex Croft reports

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49 h. ago Is Britain becoming more racist as Shabana Mahmood says? VOTE NOW

THE Home Secretary has warned that Britain is becoming more racist in a recent interview. Shabana Mahmood previously urged politicians not to turn a blind eye to the consequences of uncontrolled immigration, saying it contributed to a rise in bigotry. She explained that the racist abuse is becoming far too common nowadays. The Home Secretary told The Times that...

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63 h. ago Like our Home Secretary, I fear that if we don't sort out Britain's mass migration crisis, it will trigger a total breakdown in race relations: DR RAKIB EHSAN

In her uncompromising new proposals on dealing with Britain's mass-migration crisis, Shabana Mahmood has been accused this week of 'stoking division' in the House of Commons.

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3 d. ago Starmer says Budget ‘based on fairness’ with crackdown on illegal working

Chancellor Rachel Reeves is widely expected to raise taxes on November 26 in order to fill a multi-billion pound gap in her spending plans.

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3 d. ago Migrants to UK will not get benefits until becoming citizens under new plans

Refugee Council says plans would create ‘expensive bureaucracy’ and keep people in limboUK politics live –latest updatesPeople who migrate to the UK will be eligible for benefits and social housing only when they become British citizens and those who arrive by small boats could wait up to 30 years for long-term residency under new plans outlined by the home secretary, Shabana Mahmood.The plans could result in migrants only becoming eligible for benefits and social housing if they first become British citizens, rather than upon being granted settlement as is currently the case. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Major changes to immigration rules for legal migrants unveiled by Home Secretary

Shabana Mahmood said to settle in Britain for good is ‘not a right, but a privilege’ as she unveiled major changes to immigration policy

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3 d. ago Mahmood to ban migrants without citizenship from claiming benefits in latest asylum crackdown

Shabana Mahmood said to settle in Britain for good is ‘not a right, but a privilege’

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3 d. ago Some migrants will have to wait up to 30 years to get settled status under new immigration 'crackdown'

Illegal migrants who bring successful human rights claims to dodge deportation will be forced to wait 30 years to secure permanent leave to stay in Britain.

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4 d. ago Shabana Mahmood announces huge overhaul of legal migration rules affecting millions

Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood has announced the 'biggest overhaul' of legal migration rules in 50 years - with a proposed new system rewarding high earners and punishing benefit claimants

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4 d. ago Home Secretary outlines overhaul of rules for legal migrants

Shabana Mahmood said to settle in Britain for good is ‘not a right, but a privilege’.

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4 d. ago Education Secretary says asylum reforms ‘will be a fair system’ amid concerns

A raft of measures were set out on Monday to overhaul the asylum system.

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4 d. ago Shabana Mahmood hits out at Tommy Robinson’s backing of Labour’s migration policy

Shabana Mahmood has said she finds it “deeply offensive” when MPs quote Tommy Robinson at her in the Commons, after the far-right activist backed the government’s sweeping asylum reforms.

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4 d. ago Shabana Mahmood considering giving migrants 'big increase' in payments to return to their home countries

Mahmood set out plans to overhaul the asylum system on Monday, during which she said the offer of financial packages to encourage arrivals to go home voluntarily would continue.

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4 d. ago Andy Burnham issues 'limbo' warning over Labour's asylum shake

The Greater Manchester Mayor said the Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood was right to "grasp the nettle" and reform the system - but warned it could leave people in 'limbo'

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4 d. ago UK could pay migrants with no right to remain more than £3k to leave, Mahmood says

The plans come amid a shakeup of the asylum system set out by the Home Secretary

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4 d. ago Payments to help migrants return home could see ‘big increase’, says Mahmood

The UK currently offers payments of up to £3,000 for some people with no right to remain in the country who agree to return home.

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4 d. ago Shabana Mahmood hints at police overhaul to fix ‘irrational’ structure and vows ‘I will be a reformer’

The home secretary has told police chiefs: ‘I was a reformer at the Ministry of Justice. I will be a reformer at the Home Office too’

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