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Home Secretary Priti Patel
PRITI PATEL’S planned overhaul of the asylum system will undermine the rule of law and access to justice, lawyers warned as a “sham” consultation on the changes closed this week.
Under the Home Secretary’s proposed system, asylum-seekers who enter Britain via an illegal route would be denied the right to permanently settle even if their claims are successful.
Those who come through official resettlement schemes would be granted indefinite leave to remain.
The government’s new immigration proposal risks creating a society where rights are earned, not guaranteed, warn feminist groups Project Resist and FiLiA in a joint statement
DIANE ABBOTT warns that Shabana Mahmood’s draconian asylum proposals fuel racist scapegoating and risk demoralising Labour’s base – potentially paving the way for Farage to No 10
