The British government is preparing to impose visa bans on countries that refuse to take back migrants who enter the U.K. without authorisation, as reported by Politico. This is part of sweeping reforms to the nation’s asylum system, which will also make refugee status temporary and require claimants to wait 20 years before applying for permanent settlement. Advertisement

Shabana Mahmood, Britain’s chief interior minister, announced these changes on Monday, which also include barring entry to individuals from Angola, Namibia, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo if their governments do not cooperate in the return of migrants and foreign criminals deemed ineligible to stay in the U.K.

These three countries have collectively refused to accept over 4,000 unauthorised immigrants and for

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