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Small boats crossing the English Channel declined.
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Shabana Mahmood
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- politicsUnited Kingdom
UK threatens visa ban on Eritrean nationals
100peopleEritrean refused asylum seekers deported in the past four years
- justiceUnited Kingdom
UK to review security for high-profile public figures
55%The Electoral Commission found that 55% of candidates experienced harassment or intimidation at the May local elections.
- societyUnited Kingdom
UK resettlement scheme to offer limited access to Palestinians
Shabana Mahmood is set to reopen the UK refugee resettlement scheme, prioritising vulnerable Afghan women and girls and Palestinians. Palestinian referrals will initially be limited to very small numbers of urgent cases already outside Gaza, processed in Jordan and Lebanon.
25%The Home Office expects Afghan women and girls and Palestinian refugees to make up about 25% of arrivals under the scheme.
- politicsUnited Kingdom
Mahmood signals possible changes to care worker settlement reforms
Shabana Mahmood signalled she may water down proposed reforms that would make some foreign care workers wait 15 years before applying for permanent residence. No final decision has been made, as opposition from Angela Rayner and unions grows.
15yearsThe proposed rules would require low-paid migrants in jobs below graduate level to be in the UK for 15 years before applying for settlement.