Mahmood signals willingness to rethink residency proposals at Labour conference
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At Labour's annual conference, Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood acknowledged pressure to water down her plans to extend the time migrants must wait for permanent residence. She stated the government would "come to a position that balances fairness for those who came here legally and fairness to British citizens across this country."
“As we restore control and fairness to our asylum system, we must do the same for legal migration too.”
Shabana Mahmood
Shabana Mahmood Home Secretary
Angela Rayner Housing Secretary
Andy Burnham Prime MinisterAndrea Egan General Secretary, Unison
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first by Mastodon, 9m ago · also BBC
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first by telegraph.co.uk, 2d ago
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I think it's more about them being able to form ethnic enclaves and parallel economic activity where they hire their own etc. That makes integration less necessary for them and make assimilation difficult. If I'm going to invite immigrants into my country then I would want a diverse mix and not an overwhelming amount from south east asia. It would…
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I think it's more about being a highly visible minority tbh. That gets people aware that immigration is actually high etc. The home secretary is a pakistani woman. The former PM was an indian guy. Can't really say that the chinese etc are a visible minority.
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This labour party are such jokers. Literally every big decision is a uturn. What a utter waste.
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