A tougher approach

33-page document reveals detail of policies

- Rajeev Syal and Kiran Stacey

After days of briefing, the home secretary Shabana Mahmood has released a 33-page document outlining policies she hopes will curb bogus asylum claims and cut the number of people attempting to cross the Channel in small boats.

Entitled Restoring Order and Control, it aims to reduce arrivals and increase removals.

But how will it work?

End of permanent protection for refugees

Refugee status will be made temporary and reviewed every 30 months, the document says.

"Currently, refugees in the UK receive a five-year initial period of leave," it says. "In the future this will be reduced significantly."

Critics of the policy say that while Labour is taking rhetorical aim at those whose claims do not meet the threshold for refugee status, many of the measures are targeted at those whose claims have been successful.

Zeena Luchowa, chair of the Law Society's immigration law committee, said: "These changes seem perverse, unreasonable and punitive on individuals who are genuinely seeking asylum."