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Mahmood accused of hardening rules for 200,000 successful asylum applicants

People previously told they could apply for indefinite leave after five years now come under 30-year ‘earned settlement’ plan Shabana Mahmood has been accused of causing “distress and uncertainty” to hundreds of thousands of refugees by quietly introducing plans to force them to…

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