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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
David Lynch

Home Secretary plans visa bans for three countries amid asylum system overhaul

Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood is setting out asylum reforms (Jeff Overs/BBC) - (PA Media)

Shabana Mahmood will ban three countries from accessing UK visas if they fail to take back illegal migrants as she plans to overhaul human rights law as part of a sweeping reform of the asylum system.

Three African countries, Angola, Namibia and the Democratic Republic of Congo, will face visa sanctions, blocking their tourists, VIPs and business people from travelling to Britain if they do not co-operate more on the removal of illegal migrants.

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