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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?

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Zoe Grunewald and The Lead
Nov 18, 2025
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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…

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