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Express Politics3 Mar 2026

Mahmood threatens Pakistan with visa ban as deportation rate reaches a shocking low

Amid rising tensions, the UK is considering drastic measures against Pakistan over asylum seeker returns. The numbers reveal a complex and pressing issue.

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The Guardian Politics2 Mar 2026

Mahmood’s change to refugee status may undermine legal obligations, Law Society says

Home secretary has faced backlash for decision to make refugee status in England and Wales temporary Shabana Mahmood’s decision to tell every person applying for asylum from Monday that their status is temporary could undermine the refugee convention, the Law Society has said. The body representing solicitors in England and Wales said the home secretary’s move to review every refugees’ status after 30 months was “in tension” with the UK’s legal obligations. Continue reading...

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The Guardian Politics2 Mar 2026

More than 100,000 Britons stranded in Gulf, with airspace closed to most flights

UK considering all evacuation options, including charter and military flights and bus trips across land borders More than 100,000 Britons were stranded in the Gulf on Monday, with airspace in the region still closed to most flights and overland evacuation regarded as risky while Iran continues to launch missile and drone strikes across the region. Downing Street said UK officials were considering all options to get citizens home safely, including using commercial, charter and military flights an

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The Guardian Politics2 Mar 2026

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

The home secretary is seeking to make refugee status temporary. Let’s go in the opposite direction and fight for an essential right Nigel Farage is worried about democracy. Specifically, he’s worried about his Reform party losing the Gorton and Denton byelection, feeling that they are the victim of “sectarian voting and cheating”. Sectarian voting is a peculiar little concept: if it means “everyone sharing the same belief system has voted the same way”, isn’t that all voting? Is it a problem if

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BBC Politics2 Mar 2026

Refugee status becomes temporary in asylum shake-up

Adults and accompanied children claiming asylum will only receive refugee status for 30 months under the changes.

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Express Politics2 Mar 2026

Shabana Mahmood sets out plan to give migrants up to £30,000 - at taxpayers' expense

The Home Secretary said more "generous" offers incentivise people to leave as she confirmed Labour will hike payments.

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Express Politics2 Mar 2026

Migration bombshell as Government to announce new 30-month rule for asylum seekers

Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood will unveil the sweeping plans today, despite serious objections from many within her own party.

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BBC Politics1 Mar 2026

Major changes to asylum system set to come into force

From Monday, asylum seekers granted refugee status in the UK will be offered only temporary protection.

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The Guardian Politics1 Mar 2026

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 ‘That resentment is real’: Mahmood’s Denmark visit aims to hammer home tough line on immigration Shabana Mahmood has ripped up the government’s asylum rules so that from Monday every refugee will be told that their status is temporary and will last just 30 months. In a move that has concerned a refugee charity, the home secretary said that claimants whose countrie

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The Guardian Politics1 Mar 2026

‘That resentment is real’: Mahmood’s Denmark visit aims to hammer home tough line on immigration

On tour of returns centre, home secretary says ‘legitimate grievances’ have to be acknowledged as part of ‘responsible’ politics Refugee status to be temporary as Shabana Mahmood rips up rules on UK asylum The UK home secretary, Shabana Mahmood, and Danish immigration officials strode through the bleak and chilly Sjælsmark returns centre, a former military barracks used to house men and women who have no right to remain in the country. Followed by photographers, reporters and civil servants, M

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The Guardian Politics1 Mar 2026

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 home secretary’s decision to double down on hardline immigration reforms in light of Labour’s byelection defeat to the Green party is “disappointing”, according to the Labour peer Alf Dubs. Lord Dubs, a child refugee who fled Nazi-occupied Czechoslovakia on the Kindertransport in 1939, had previously accused Shabana Mahmood of “pulling up the drawbridge” on child migrants. Conti

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Express Politics28 Feb 2026

I visited tiny UK town about to house 500 migrants - Keir Starmer should be worried

Express reporter Adam Toms visited Crowborough, where the Government is planning to house hundreds of asylum seekers.

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