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This country is an open, tolerant and generous place. Our asylum system is not working, and we do not have control of who enters our country or how they enter it. In recent years, we have all watched in horror the images of people crammed into dangerous small boats making the potentially deadly journey across the Channel. With rising hatred and division on our streets, we will never bring our country together until we restore order and rebuild trust in our asylum system.
Labour will deliver the most comprehensive reform of the asylum system in a generation by:
- Removing incentives that draw illegal migrants to Britain
- Increasing removals of those with no right to be here
- Creating new, capped, safe and legal routes
Key points:
- With Labour, net migration has fallen to its lowest level in half a decade
- Labour has already returned 50,000 people with no right to be here
- Our new package of major reforms to the asylum system will reduce arrivals, speed up removals, strengthen law enforcement, and improve support for genuine refugees.
Home Secretary, Shabana Mahmood, said:
“For those who believe that migration is part of modern Britain’s story, we must prove that it can still work, with those who come here contributing, playing their part and enriching our national life.”
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