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What are the new safe and legal routes to Britain for migrants?

Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood has said there will be new ‘safe and legal’ routes opening for migrants to come to the UK

Evening Standard

UK to offer up to £40,000 to failed asylum-seekers to leave country

Britain is piloting a scheme offering up to £40,000 per family to failed asylum-seekers to leave voluntarily. Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood stated this aims to save taxpayer money, as hotel accommodation costs are substantial. Families have seven days to decide, or face forced removal. The government is also making refugee…

The Times of India

Shabana Mahmood is wrong: refugee status was never ‘permanent from day one’

The UK’s asylum system is being overhauled. The home secretary, Shabana Mahmood, has laid out a series of reforms that will affect refugees seeking safety in Britain. Mahmood argues that these changes – which include removing financial and housing support for asylum seekers who break the law, and offering incentive…

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'No signs' of Middle East refugee surge but EU better prepared than 2015, Swedish minister says

Sweden's Minister for Migration Johan Forssell tells Europe Today that the EU "cannot have another refugee crisis", after the bloc's home affairs ministers gathered to discuss the spiralling conflict in the Middle East.

Euronews

The Latest: Trump fires Homeland Security Secretary Noem amid criticism over immigration enforcement

President Donald Trump has fired his embattled Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem

The Independent UK

What are Shabana Mahmood’s changes to the asylum system?

Some of the home secretary’s major overhauls are already in place such as the 30-month review for refugee protections

The Guardian - UK

Young refugee spent winter on London streets due to ‘secret’ hotel eviction rule

Home Office now must give notice of its discretion to extend 28-day deadline, which it did not do for 19-year-old

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Shabana Mahmood accused of mimicking Trump as she announces asylum plans

Home secretary’s proposals to overhaul immigration system include end to permanent refugee status

The Guardian - UK

Turkey fears it will pick up the bill for Washington's war in Iran

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is intensifying diplomatic efforts to end the Iran war after an Iranian missile was shot down approaching Turkey. The country worries it could be among those most affected by the conflict, as rising oil prices threaten the nation’s fragile economy and a potential Iranian refugee…

Radio France Internationale

Ukrainian refugees face uncertain future as Poland scraps special status

Poland is ending the special status that gave Ukrainian refugees equal access to the labour market, social benefits and healthcare. The system expires on Thursday, meaning many will now face stricter rules to work or receive support.

Radio France Internationale

Home secretary to urge Labour left to back hardline immigration crackdown

Shabana Mahmood insists Labour is 'at the heart of my migration reforms' as she warns against backing the Greens and Reform - but critics accuse home secretary of ‘bullying refugees’ rather than tackling real problems

The Independent UK

Iran war today: What happened in Middle East overnight as Israel launches ‘broad wave’ of strikes

The Israeli military says it launched a “broad wave” of strikes in Tehran early on Wednesday, targeting “the Iranian terror regime’s launch sites, aerial defence systems and additional infrastructure”. The Pentagon has named the first four American personnel killed in the widening conflict; they are Capt Cody A Khork, 35,…

The Independent UK

Why the Iran war could lead to the ‘biggest refugee crisis in decades’

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Iran-US war could lead to the largest refugee crisis in decades, EU warns

European Union Agency for Asylum joins the UN in sharing concerns about the long term consequences of the spiralling conflict

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‘Now they only deport’: Afghans trapped in Pakistan arrested and sent back after ‘open war’ breaks out

Journalists and activists who fled Taliban rule are living in fear as Pakistani police hunt and deport refugees after escalating cross-border strikes

The Guardian - UK

Mahmood’s move to make asylum temporary ‘may undermine refugee convention’

Law Society says home secretary’s review of refugee status after 30 months is in tension with UK’s legal obligations

The Guardian - UK

UK politicians are in a race to the bottom – but there is a simple, unexpected way to help refugees

The home secretary is seeking to make refugee status temporary. Let’s go in the opposite direction and fight for an essential right, says Zoe Williams

Evening Standard

Major migration changes coming into force today as Home Secretary faces backlash from Labour MPs

Refugees will now need to renew their permission to stay in Britain every 30 months or apply for a visa route like any other legal migrant

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Refugee status to be temporary as Shabana Mahmood rips up rules on UK asylum

Home secretary announces 30-month protection limit, with refugees required to leave if their home countries are later judged safe

Evening Standard

Asylum in UK to be reviewed every 30 months under Home Secretary’s plans

Refugees will need to renew their permission to stay or apply for a visa route like any other legal migrant.

The Guardian - UK

Shabana Mahmood’s double down on immigration ‘disappointing’, says Alf Dubs

Labour peer, who was a child refugee, criticises home secretary’s response to Gorton and Denton byelection defeat

The Times of India

'Marriage, birth of child, deaths of parents’: Pakistani refugee who returned home six times secures chance to keep Canadian status

A Pakistani refugee who returned to his home country six times between 2016 and 2022 has won a judicial review, giving him another chance to retain his Canadian refugee status, reports the National Post.

The Independent UK

The Trump administration is detaining and questioning refugees already admitted to the US

In a break from tradition, refugees admitted to the United States after extensive interviews and vetting are being detained and questioned again

The Independent UK

Federal judge extends order protecting refugees in Minnesota from being arrested and deported

A federal judge has extended his order protecting refugees in Minnesota who are lawfully in the U.S. from being arrested and deported

The Independent UK

Judge says Trump administration ‘terrorizing’ refugees under ‘dystopian nightmare’ policy

DHS is blocked from arresting and detaining recently resettled refugees in Minnesota as legal challenges continue

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