Article Mahmood to announce ‘sweeping reforms’ to tackle illegal migration (UK boating)

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INTRO: Shabana Mahmood is set to announce sweeping reforms next week aimed at making the UK less attractive for illegal immigrants.

The Home Secretary is expected to set out plans to deter migrants from coming to the UK and make it easier to deport those who do in a statement to MPs on November 17.

Ms Mahmood is understood to be modelling the changes on the Danish system, having dispatched officials to the country last month to study its border control and asylum policies.

Ms Mahmood is also expected to be preparing changes to human rights legislation to make it easier to deport people who cross the Channel in small boats.

Home Office minister Mike Tapp told LBC on Thursday that the Government would make “tweaks” to prevent “abuse of the legal system”.

Changes will include requiring judges to prioritise public safety over migrants’ rights to a family life, or the risk that they will face “inhuman” treatment if returned to their home country, the Telegraph reported.

Home Office officials described Ms Mahmood’s plans as “the most sweeping reforms to tackle illegal migration in modern times”... (MORE - details)
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Labour to overhaul human rights laws in bid to ramp up migrant deportations
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INTRO: Labour will overhaul human rights laws to make it easier to deport foreign criminals and small boat migrants as part of a major immigration crackdown.

Under sweeping reforms unveiled by the home secretary, the government will attempt to change the way the European Convention on Human Rights is interpreted by UK judges in a bid to stop asylum seekers using their rights to a family life to avoid deportation.

Home Office officials have claimed the ECHR “is allowing large numbers of people to stay in the UK, against the public’s wishes”, and that new legislation will allow Britain to ramp up the number of removals.

The radical measures are part of much-publicised reform of the asylum system, billed by the government as “the most sweeping reforms in modern times”, as Labour looks to see off the threat of Reform UK and Nigel Farage.

But critics have hit out at the proposals, warning any move to alter how the UK interprets the rules will drive asylum seekers underground and leave them vulnerable to exploitation.

Sile Reynolds, the head of asylum advocacy at Freedom from Torture, said the changes “will punish people who’ve already lost everything”, adding: “Either we all have human rights, or none of us do.”

The measures could also spark discontent on the backbenches, with one Labour MP accusing the party leadership of “chasing Reform”. They told The Independent: “The dehumanisation of people in desperation is the antithesis of what the Labour Party is about.”

Announcing the changes, Sir Keir Starmer, a former human rights lawyer, said they will “block endless appeals” and “stop last minute claims”.

He said: “Britain has always been a fair, tolerant and compassionate country – and this government will always defend those values. But, in a more volatile world, people need to know our borders are secure and rules are enforced. These reforms will block endless appeals, stop last minute claims and scale up removals of those with no right to be here.” (MORE - details)

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