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Sweeping UK visa changes announced by Home Office after 'unacceptably high' abuse of system

Six new countries have had new visa rules placed on them by the Home Office

Evening Standard

Failed asylum seekers will be paid up to £40k to leave the UK, Shabana Mahmood announces

Home Office will detain and deport families with children if they do not accept financial payments to leave

The Independent UK

Shabana Mahmood accused of mimicking Trump as she announces asylum plans

Home secretary’s proposals to overhaul immigration system include end to permanent refugee status

The Guardian - UK

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UK Cracks Down on Student Visas from Sudan, Cameroon, Peru and Myanmar

The UK has imposed an 'emergency brake' on most student visas and skilled work permits from Sudan, Cameroon, Peru, Myanmar and Afghanistan amid claims of widespread asylum system abuse.

International Business Times UK

Home Secretary hits out at 'sharia law in London' claims after Donald Trump comments on Sadiq Khan

Shabana Mahmood defended Mayor of London Sir Sadiq Khan

Evening Standard

Mahmood says Labour should not become ‘more Green or more Reform’ on migration

The Home Secretary faces a backbench revolt over her asylum system reforms.

The Independent UK

Home Office: Offering failed asylum claim families £40,000 is not a pull factor

The Home Secretary faces a backbench revolt over her asylum system reforms.

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Mahmood’s immigration plan is Labour’s last chance to stem tide of extremism from left and right

NEWS ANALYSIS: Political editor David Maddox looks at how Shabana Mahmood’s intervention on asylum and immigration plays into the debate about the future direction of the Labour Party and why she has emerged as a candidate to replace Keir Starmer

The Independent UK

Failed asylum seeker families to be paid £40,000 to leave Britain

Migrants who leave the UK within seven days will receive payments of £10,000 per person, capped at four per family, under the plan

Evening Standard

Read these words from 100 years ago about immigrants in Britain – and see how history is chillingly repeating itself

Shabana Mahmood’s new rights clampdown looks outlandish until we remember that this kind of hardline action is part of our country’s fabric, says George Monbiot

The Guardian - UK

Mahmood faces Labour revolt as she defends immigration reforms

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The Independent UK

Home secretary to urge Labour left to back hardline immigration crackdown

Shabana Mahmood insists Labour is 'at the heart of my migration reforms' as she warns against backing the Greens and Reform - but critics accuse home secretary of ‘bullying refugees’ rather than tackling real problems

The Independent UK

Asylum seekers waiting over a year for claim in UK may be allowed to work under new measures

Shabana Mahmood hopes to reduce number of claimants in hotels by enabling them to support themselves

The Guardian - UK

Strict new rules for asylum seekers unveiled by Home Secretary in immigration overhaul

The Home Secretary is set to lay out the strict new rules as part of a Government bid to crack down on illegal migration

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The Guardian - UK

UK’s partial study visa ban ‘will drive people to small boats’, campaigners say

Ban affecting Sudan, Afghanistan, Myanmar and Cameroon will mean more people make Channel crossings, charity says

Radio France Internationale

UK halts study visas from four countries to stop students claiming asylum

The British government has imposed an "emergency brake" on visas for students from Afghanistan, Cameroon, Myanmar and Sudan, in response to what it said was a surge of requests for asylum from people arriving in the United Kingdom to study.

International Business Times UK

Visa Suspension Shock and UK Travel Warnings Spark Fear Amid Iran, Middle East Conflicts

The UK has imposed a sudden visa suspension on Sudan, Myanmar, Cameroon, and Afghanistan, affecting students, businesses, and families.

The Independent UK

By the numbers: How many student visas go to countries that have been affected by the UK’s halt on grants?

The Government has ceased granting study visas to four countries

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Evening Standard

‘Unprecedented’ visa bans placed on four nations after asylum applications rocket 470%

The Home Office confirmed an ‘emergency brake’ had been placed on UK student visas for people from Afghanistan, Cameroon, Myanmar and Sudan

The Guardian - UK

Want to stop Farage with your vote? At the moment you can’t – and Starmer must fix that

The PM’s in-tray is overflowing. But he can’t afford to neglect the real issue that is distorting our politics and the way we live, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

The Guardian - UK

UK puts emergency brake on study visas for four countries’ nationals

Shabana Mahmood says UK’s generosity abused as study visas halted for nationals from Afghanistan, Cameroon, Myanmar and Sudan

Evening Standard

UK halts visa routes from four countries amid claims migrants ‘exploiting’ asylum

Study visas for nationals from Afghanistan, Cameroon, Myanmar and Sudan have been halted, as have work visas for Afghans.

The Independent UK

UK suspends student visas for four countries over asylum abuse claims

The Home Office has characterised this suspension as an ‘unprecedented’ move

The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on Labour’s migration gamble: Denmark is no template

Editorial: Extending settlement waits risks deepening labour shortages while misreading public concern about migration’s economic and demographic realities

Evening Standard

‘Too soon to know’ if Middle East war will affect small boat arrivals – experts

Iranians have made up the largest group of small boat arrivals in the UK in recent years.

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