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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Kate Devlin

New home secretary threatens to suspend visas if countries do not agree to take back migrants

The UK will suspend visas from countries that do not “play ball” and agree to take back migrants, the new home secretary has said as she set out her hardline approach to tackling illegal immigration.

On her third day in the job, Shabana Mahmood said she would go “further and faster” than her predecessor Yvette Cooper and do “whatever it takes” to stop small boat crossings, saying she was “not the sort of person that hangs around”.

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