The UK government on Monday unveiled dramatic changes to its asylum system, including drastically cutting protections for refugees and their children, seeking to stem a wave of irregular migrants which has fuelled rising anger on the far-right.

Under the new proposals, the government will also threaten visa bans for countries that refuse to take back irregular immigrants.

The plans have been dubbed by the centre-left Labour government as the “most sweeping reforms to tackle illegal migration in modern times”.

– Refugee protections –

Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood told lawmakers the reforms — modelled on Denmark’s strict asylum system — would discourage migrants from crossing the Channel from France on small boats.

Describing the current system as “out of control and unfair”, she said

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