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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Aamna Mohdin

Friday briefing: Can the politics of cruelty around asylum help Labour in the polls?

People thought to be migrants hand a small child to others on board an inflatable boat in Gravelines, France, as they attempt to travel across the channel and to the UK.
Will the new system deter asylum seekers? Photograph: Gareth Fuller/PA

Good morning. First, a bit of housekeeping. I return to my community affairs beat on Monday, so what better First Edition to end my secondment on than a story about immigration and asylum.

Until now, refugees who came to the UK and were found to have a genuine case for protection could previously settle here permanently. Now, for the first time in British history, that will no longer be the case.

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