UK's Mahmood to announce 'sweeping changes' to asylum system

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2025-11-16

London (PA Media/dpa) - British Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood has vowed to "restore order" to the British asylum system with "sweeping changes" modelled on the approach taken by Denmark. Mahmood will lay out a series of reforms to the asylum system in the House of Commons on Monday aimed at making Britain a less attractive destination for illegal migrants, and making it easier to remove them from the UK. Billed as the largest overhaul of asylum......

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