"Ten weeks ago Sir Keir Starmer sent Shabana Mahmood to run the Home Office precisely so that she would be radical in overhauling the UK's immigration system. Mahmood's torrent of new policy announcements in recent days are certainly bold - from limiting refugees to temporary stays, to overhauling human rights law to help increase deportations, and threatening countries with visa bans unless they accept the return of criminals and illegal immigrants."
"But the plans are controversial too. The Refugee Council, which supports asylum-seekers, says making refugee status temporary is both "highly impractical" as well as "inhumane". The home secretary's team are delighted at the newspaper headlines and TV coverage their announcements have secured in recent days, yet they know that was the easy bit. Persuading Labour MPs from all wings of the party to vote en masse for the plans is a far bigger challenge."
Shabana Mahmood was appointed to lead the Home Office with a mandate to radically overhaul the UK's immigration system. Recent proposals include limiting refugee status to temporary stays, amending human rights law to facilitate deportations, and threatening visa bans for countries that refuse to accept returns. The Refugee Council condemns temporary refugee status as "highly impractical" and "inhumane". Home Office media coverage has been strong, but securing party-wide parliamentary support remains difficult. Backbench Labour MPs and some ministers express concern, fearing policy U-turns and electoral consequences depending on local threats from Reform UK, Conservatives, Liberal Democrats, or Greens.
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