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 immigrationShabana Mahmood has ripped up the government’s asylum rules so...
<p>Home secretary announces 30-month protection limit, with refugees required to leave if their home countries are later judged safe</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/mar/01/shabana-mahmood-denmark-uk-immigration">‘That resentment is real’: Mahmood’s Denmark visit aims to hammer home tough line on immigration</a></p><p></p></li></ul><p></p><p>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.</p><p>In a move that has concerned a refugee charity, the home secretary said that claimants whose countries are deemed to be safe by the UK government will from now on be expected to return.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/mar/01/shabana-mahmood-to-limit-refugees-to-30-months-in-uk">Continue reading...</a>
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