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Refugees have warned Labour that its proposed sweeping changes to the asylum system would not have stopped them coming to Britain.
“The UK was a lifeline,” one Afghan man told The i Paper . “And when you are drowning, you grab a lifeline without checking what it is made of.”
Charity leaders also claim the crackdown outlined by the Home Secretary will not prevent people crossing the English Channel in small boats .
Shabana Mahmood said a major asylum shake-up was her “moral mission”, adding that the current situation is “out of control and unfair”. New Feature
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Despite some Labour MPs calling the plan “shameful” , the Government said it is determined to create a stronger deterrent effect to reduce small boat crossings.
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