UK religious leaders urge Mahmood to ‘slow down and rethink’ refugee plans
Cutting period of protection from five years to 30 months is a risk to social cohesion, say bishops, rabbis and imamReligious leaders have said that plans to rip up the UK’s asylum rules by ending the right to permanent refugee status would damage integration and should be rethought.A group,...
<p>Cutting period of protection from five years to 30 months is a risk to social cohesion, say bishops, rabbis and imam</p><p>Religious leaders have said that plans to rip up the UK’s asylum rules by ending the right to permanent refugee status would damage integration and should be rethought.</p><p>A group, which includes seven bishops, three rabbis and an imam, said they had “grave concerns” about Shabana Mahmood’s <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/mar/01/shabana-mahmood-to-limit-refugees-to-30-months-in-uk">proposed changes to settlement and citizenship rules.</a></p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/mar/17/religious-leaders-letter-shabana-mahmood-refugee-asylum-plans">Continue reading...</a>
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