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‘Need to put British people first’: Row erupts as Shabana Mahmood backs more legal refugee routes to UK

A political row has erupted after UK Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood said she wants to significantly expand safe and legal routes for refugees to enter Britain once the asylum system is “fixed”.

Speaking on Matt Forde’s Political Party podcast, Mahmood said her goal is to go “much bigger” on legal migration pathways, including capped schemes for refugee students, skilled workers, and community-sponsored arrivals similar to the Homes for Ukraine programme.

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