LONDON — The British authorities on Monday proposed sweeping adjustments to its asylum coverage, together with headline measures similar to extending the ready time for everlasting residency from 5 to twenty years and permitting officers to grab valuables from asylum seekers to assist cowl processing prices.
The transfer comes amid mounting frustration over the Labour authorities’s lack of ability to curb small-boat crossings of the English Channel, the place migrants typically try the harmful journey in overcrowded, unseaworthy boats.
