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Key takeaways: What are the proposed asylum system reforms?
The UK plans to make refugee status temporary with reviews every 30 months and extend the wait for permanent residence to 20 years, aiming to reduce illegal migration.
- On Monday, interior minister Shabana Mahmood unveiled the policy paper 'Restoring Order and Control', announcing sweeping asylum reforms to deter irregular migration and speed removals.
- Rising numbers — around 111,000 asylum claims to June 2025 — and more than 39,000 small-boat arrivals this year led the UK government to seek deterrence.
- The proposals would revoke the legal duty to support asylum seekers, require contributions, and limit appeals, with refugee status becoming temporary and reviewed every 30 months.
- Labour backbenchers and Green Party leader Zack Polanski criticised the plans as inhumane on Monday, while charities including the Refugee Council warned reforms "will not deter" crossings; Reform UK and Conservative figures welcomed the tougher steps.
- Many measures will need parliamentary approval and consultation, the interior ministry plans to end support "in the coming months", and Mihnea Cuibus said "Some things are still very much in the air.
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