Overview
- The home secretary will present the package to MPs on 17 November after senior officials examined Denmark’s approach in Copenhagen.
- Refugee protection would become time-limited and subject to regular review, with removal once a person’s home country is deemed safe.
- Reported proposals include tighter family-reunion rules, a single “one‑stop” process for asylum and modern slavery claims, and earlier deadlines for lodging trafficking claims.
- Judges would be instructed to give greater weight to public safety over some Article 8 family‑life and inhuman‑treatment arguments in deportation cases, according to briefings.
- The Home Office cites 48,560 removals since Labour took office and about 100 returns to France as small‑boat arrivals reach 39,075 this year, while refugee groups warn the plans will harm integration and not deter crossings.