The new asylum laws represent a fundamental downgrading of the rights of vulnerable people

How do you build a life when your right to remain is reassessed every two and a half years?

Shabana Mahmood announced asylum system reform this week Pic: UK Parliament/Flickr

Welcome to Labour’s Britain, where it takes twenty years to belong. If you were expecting more from a centre-left government, you’re not alone.

The government is calling this the biggest shake-up of asylum laws in “modern times,” a supposedly controlled, competent reset mod…