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Mahmood's migration measures signify a crunch moment for the government, writes Andrew Marr

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18.11.2025

By Andrew Marr

The Home secretary Shabana Mahmood today laid out the most radical plan yet to remove refugees’ rights to stay here permanently.

It will take not five but 20 years to win settled status. As soon as a country is deemed safe, asylum seekers from it will be deported back there.

Mahmood’s package of measures includes the right of the state to seize assets, including jewellery, from migrants, ending what she calls Britain’s excessive generosity.

It’s a crunch moment for the government.

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