Overview
- Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood unveiled reforms that would grant successful asylum applicants temporary leave reviewed every 30 months, tighten how Article 8 ECHR family‑life claims are applied, and open new work, study and family routes.
- More than 20 Labour MPs, including figures in marginal seats, have voiced reservations even as polling shows roughly two‑thirds support for frequent reassessments and limiting refugees to a single appeal.
- Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch argues the measures do not go far enough and contends they will falter in court unless the UK leaves the ECHR, while pushing for a migration cap and rapid removals.
- Mahmood says Britain is becoming more racist and recounts abuse directed at her and her family, linking rising intolerance to unresolved public anxiety about immigration.
- Analysts question the plan’s effectiveness at reducing Channel crossings, citing Home Office research that ‘pull factors’ are limited and warning that deeper social and trust deficits will remain unaddressed.