Illegal migration is 'tearing the country apart', Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood has warned, as she prepares to unleash one of the most hard-hitting overhauls of Britain's asylum system in years.
In a dramatic intervention ahead of Monday's announcement, Mahmood is set to unveil plans that would force refugees to wait up to 20 years before gaining permanent settlement, face constant status reviews, and see entire nations hit with UK visa bans if they refuse to take back their nationals.
