Labour outlines tighter rules on benefits and housing for people migrating to UK
by Rajeev Syal Home affairs editor from World news | The Guardian on (#71KZ1)
Refugee Council says plans would create expensive bureaucracy' and keep people in limbo
People who migrate to the UK may only be eligible for benefits and social housing once they become British citizens and those who arrive by small boats could wait up to 30 years for long-term residency under new plans outlined by the home secretary, Shabana Mahmood.
More than 600,000 overseas health workers and their families who arrived in the UK as part of the so-called Boriswave" of arrivals could wait up to 25 years to apply to settle in the UK if they have claimed benefits, under the plans.
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