Shabana Mahmood tells MPs asylum system is ‘out of control and unfair’ amid Labour backlash over proposalsMomentum, the leftwing Labour group, has also denounced the governm...
Shabana Mahmood tells MPs asylum system is ‘out of control and unfair’ amid Labour backlash over proposals
Momentum, the leftwing Labour group, has also denounced the government’s asylum plans. In a statement it says:
The home secretary’s new immigration plans are divisive and xenophobic.
Scapegoating migrants will not fix our public services or end austerity.
Draconian, unworkable and potentially illegal anti-asylum policies only feed Reform’s support.
The government has learnt nothing from the period since the general election.
Some of the legal changes being proposed are truly frightening:
Abolishing the right to a family life would ultimately affect many more people than asylum-seekers.
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