Shabana Mahmood’s ‘tough and tender’ asylum policy gets the balance right

Uniunea Europeana

The home secretary’s plan to set up a safe legal route for a limited number of genuine refugees is balanced by a tougher approach to those who do not qualify A s if to prove that she has not been distracted by an unusually fierce dispute with Mike Tapp, a junior Home Office minister, Shabana Mahmood has announced changes to Britain’s asylum system that ought to command broad support. What she proposes is a balance: a safe legal route for a limited number of refugees, matched by stricter