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Labour's asylum reforms 'set to fail' amid human rights challenges
- New asylum rules would grant asylum seekers 30 months of humanitarian leave before potential departure, with a re-application required after this period.
- Officials conceded current removal rates are low, raising questions about how the reforms will be enforced.
- Critics warn that remaining under the European Convention on Human Rights could undermine the reforms.
- Shadow Home Secretary Chris Philp argues reforms won’t work while Britain remains in the ECHR.
- Conservative frontbenchers say reforms could be stopped by leaving the ECHR and deporting illegal migrants quickly.
- The reforms are slated to begin in April, with legislation expected, potentially 12 to 18 months away.
- Labour argues reforms are needed to reduce pull factors and ensure refugees are properly processed.
- Home Office emphasizes humanitarian leave as part of a 'firm but fair' approach to asylum.
- Migrant removal rates have been very low, with only about five percent of asylum removals completed.
- The debate highlights tensions between sanctuary commitments and border-control policy.
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