Asylum seekers will only be granted temporary stay for as long as their countries remain dangerous in a new package of measures to be announced by the home secretary on Monday.

Shabana Mahmood will unveil ‘sweeping changes’ that will see refugee status become subject to regular review.

Under the new regime, migrants will also no longer be guaranteed housing or a weekly allowance.

The move is a step closer towards the Danish model, which has successfully slashed asylum claims to a 40-year low.

In order to enact the latest changes, Ms Mahmood is set to revoke the UK’s statutory legal duty to provide asylum-seeker support, which was originally introduced via EU law in 2005.

Asylum seekers who have a right to work and can support themselves financially, but choose not to get a job, could

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