Overview
- Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood presented the plan to Parliament, shifting refugee protection to 30‑month permits with periodic reviews and extending the wait for permanent residency from five to 20 years.
- Automatic state housing and weekly allowances for asylum seekers will be removed, with support made discretionary and withdrawable for those deemed able to work or who break the law.
- The government says it will limit how the European Convention on Human Rights applies domestically, narrowing Article 8 family‑life claims and reforming modern slavery provisions to speed removals and reduce appeals.
- Ministers did not deny reports they may use asylum seekers’ assets to offset accommodation costs, while also warning Angola, Namibia and the DRC of possible visa curbs unless returns cooperation improves within a month.
- Citing 39,292 small‑boat arrivals this year, officials frame the overhaul as a deterrent; France welcomed the direction, as charities and figures across Labour criticized the measures and Conservatives dismissed them as superficial.