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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Politics
David Hughes

Mahmood sets out plans for tougher asylum system in face of Labour resistance

Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood claimed the UK was targeted by people “asylum shopping” around Europe as she faced the prospect of a backbench revolt to plans to toughen up the system.

She announced sweeping changes designed to reduce the UK’s attractiveness to asylum seekers and bolster the process for removing people with no right to be in the country.

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