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Home Secretary plans visa bans for three countries amid asylum system overhaul

Shabana Mahmood will ban three countries from accessing UK visas if they fail to take back illegal migrants as she plans to overhaul human rights law as part of a sweeping reform of the asylum system. Three African countries, Angola, Namibia and the ...

17 Nov 2025 at 08:07

Human rights law overhaul planned as part of Mahmood’s sweeping asylum reforms

Ministers will overhaul human rights law to make deporting illegal migrants easier, as part of a sweeping reform of the asylum system. Billed as the largest change to the UK’s system in the modern era, Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood plans to ...

16 Nov 2025 at 22:30

Home Secretary to announce ‘sweeping changes’ to asylum system

The Home Secretary has vowed to “restore order” to the British asylum system with “sweeping changes” modelled on the approach taken by Denmark. Shabana Mahmood will lay out a series of reforms to the asylum system in the House of Commons on ...

15 Nov 2025 at 22:49

Consent for asylum system ‘could fall apart if illegal migration not tackled’

Consent for helping asylum seekers restart their lives in the UK will fall apart if the Government does not do more to tackle illegal migration, Shabana Mahmood has said. The Home Secretary also insisted she saw her attempts to overhaul ...

16 Nov 2025 at 14:14

Parties across divide in Northern Ireland unite against digital ID cards

Parties across the usually sharp political divide in Northern Ireland have united to oppose digital ID cards. Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer announced plans for the so-called “Brit-Card” to allow the verification of a citizen’s right ...

26 Sept 2025 at 14:30

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

The Government has placed an emergency brake on visas for nationals from four countries, as Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood accused them of exploiting Britain’s generosity to claim asylum. Study visas for nationals from Afghanistan, ...

04 Mar 2026 at 11:14

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