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Home Sec Shabana Mahmood announces asylum reforms in the Commons | Watch in full
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Shabana Mahmood has outlined her reforms to the asylum system, saying that she is introducing them because the "world is a more volatile and more mobile place".
The home secretary told MPs that while some of those coming to the UK illegally are genuine refugees, "others are economic migrants seeking to use and abuse our asylum system".
She said: "The burden that has fallen on this country has been heavy.
"400,000 have sought asylum here in the last four years. Over 100,000 people now live in asylum accommodation, and over half of refugees remain on benefits eight years after they have arrived.
"To the British public who foot the bill, the system feels out of control and unfair. It feels that way because it is."
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