Overview
- Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood will outline the package to MPs on 17 November, with measures explicitly modelled on Denmark’s restrictive system.
- Refugee protection is expected to become time-limited and subject to regular review, with removals when a person’s home country is deemed safe.
- Tighter family reunion rules and directions for courts to prioritise public safety over Article 8 family-life claims under the ECHR are set to feature.
- An overhaul of modern slavery procedures is planned so claims must be lodged on arrival, a move aimed at preventing late claims that delay deportations.
- The Home Office says 48,560 people have been removed since Labour took office and about 100 returned to France under a pilot deal, even as Channel crossings reached 39,075 this year and rights groups warn of legal and humanitarian risks.