LABOUR’S Denmark-style migration crackdown must go beyond mere “tinkering” if it is ever going to stop the boats, Shabana Mahmood has been warned.
The Home Secretary is planning what allies call the “most sweeping reforms to tackle illegal migration in modern times”.
On Monday, she will unveil a Danish- inspired package of measures, which includes curbs on family reunion rules.
And she is expected to rip up Britain’s decades-old guarantee of lifetime protection, replacing it with a strictly temporary refugee status that is reviewed regularly.
A Home Office source said: “The moment your home country is safe to return to, you will be removed.”
She is also expected to tighten rules around Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights, so foreign criminals and failed asylum seekers cannot use “family life” excuses to dodge removal.
But Shadow Home Secretary Chris Philp said: “The only way to stop these illegal crossings is to have a proper deterrent, so every illegal immigrant who comes here knows they will be rapidly removed.
“This means leaving the ECHR and abolishing the ability of the courts to stop deportations. “But Labour is too weak to do this.
“Their endless gimmicks – like claiming to smash the gangs – and tinkering at the edges won’t work.”
