"Shabana Mahmood has warned Labour MPs that dark forces are stirring up anger over migration, amid growing alarm among senior party figures over the most sweeping overhaul of refugee rights in a generation. On Monday, Mahmood will announce controversial new laws to overhaul refugee status, which must be reassessed every two years, as well as curbing asylum appeals and toughening the approach to rights to family life."
"The home secretary warned in an article for the Guardian that anger about illegal migration could turn on second-generation immigrants such as her and rupture community relations. I know that a country without secure borders is a less safe country for those who look like me, she said. But the Guardian understands the harshness of Mahmood's plans has led to significant unease among senior Labour aides and ministers, with at least one on resignation watch."
Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood will enact major refugee and asylum reforms featuring regular status reviews, limits on asylum appeals, stricter family‑life deportation rules, and measures to increase removals. The reforms create three legal safe routes for refugees from conflict zones such as Sudan and Eritrea, but those arrivals will face status reviews every 30 months and potential return if their country is no longer deemed dangerous. Senior Labour aides and ministers have registered significant unease, with at least one on resignation watch. Charities warn of Windrush‑style harms, prolonged limbo for families, disrupted schooling, damaged integration, and threats of visa bans for non‑cooperating countries.
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