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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Politics
Rachael Burford

Visa bans and valuables: The new immigration plans designed to stop migrants seeing UK as ‘golden ticket’

The Home Secretary has announced sweeping changes to Britain’s immigration system, including potential visa bans for some countries and the fast-track removal of failed asylum seekers.

Borders minister Alex Norris said on Monday that the changes, inspired by policies from Denmark and the Donald Trump’s US administration, will stop the UK being seen as a “golden ticket” for some migrants and bring down the numbers being housed in hotels.

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