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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Rajeev Syal and Kiran Stacey

How will Labour’s asylum shake-up work? The government’s policies in detail

A French police officer looks on as people thought to be migrants attempt to cross the Channel
Labour’s new policy aims to deter migrants from crossing the Channel in small boats. Photograph: Gareth Fuller/PA

After days of briefing, the home secretary Shabana Mahmood has released a 33-page document outlining policies she hopes will curb bogus asylum claims and cut the number of people attempting to travel across the Channel in small boats.

Entitled Restoring Order and Control, it aims to reduce arrivals and increase removals. But how will it work?

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