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Home Secretary's Asset Seizure Plan Faces Backlash

11/18/2025

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Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood leads a plan to seize assets from Channel migrants, drawing backlash.
The reforms would extend permanent settlement to 20 years and review refugee status every 30 months.
Critics, including Labour MPs, describe the proposals as 'disgusting' and 'performative cruelty'.
They warn the measures would foster divisiveness and racism.
The government says it will not confiscate family heirlooms but will seek assets to cover asylum costs.

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Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood leads a plan to seize assets from Channel migrants, drawing backlash.
The reforms would extend permanent settlement to 20 years and review refugee status every 30 months.
Critics, including Labour MPs, describe the proposals as 'disgusting' and 'performative cruelty'.
They warn the measures would foster divisiveness and racism.
The government says it will not confiscate family heirlooms but will seek assets to cover asylum costs.