Overview
- Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood said the overhaul would replace expectations of a quick move to settlement with a prolonged temporary status.
- Officials would reassess cases every two years, and people could be returned if their country of origin is judged safe.
- Mahmood described the current system as unfair and called the planned changes the most significant in modern times.
- The Times reported the government may restrict visas for Angola, Namibia and the Democratic Republic of the Congo unless they accept deportees, with phased limits starting with diplomats.
- Home Office data show 111,084 asylum applications from June 2024 to June 2025, while more than 185,000 people have crossed the Channel in small boats since 2018.