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  "publishedAt": "2026-07-01T06:43:45.000Z",
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    "Shabana Mahmood bans migrants from being housed in new-build homes",
    "Council debate over 'sanctuary' status for migrants skipped and branded 'irrelevant'",
    "Illegal migrants shout 'this is the end of England' just moments before landing on British shores",
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  "textContent": "\n\n\nMigrants who have established families while residing illegally in the UK are set to lose their right to fight deportation on human rights grounds.\n\nIllegal arrivals will be banned from arguing against their removal by implementing Article 8 rights, which protects an individual's right to a private and family life.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nThe clause, outlined in the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR), will be revised so that migrants \"gaming the system\" will face greater obstacles to applying to stay in the UK.\n\nIn the past, the enshrined article has been manipulated as a way for asylum seekers to defy state-ordered deportation and, as a result, Britain has been called on to rip up the UK's commitment to the ECHR.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nTRENDING\n\nStories\n\nVideos\n\nYour Say\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nThe redrafted rights will deny illegal migrants chance to fight their deportation unless they live under the same roof as their children or partner.\n\nBut individuals who start up families, or have \"dubious\" connections, while residing illegally in the UK will not be able to apply for such privileges.\n\nThe new policy will declare \"no weight should be given to a private or family life established by a person at a time when the person is in the UK\".\n\nOn the ECHR reforms, a Home Office spokesman said: \"Failing to comply with the immigration system should not be rewarded.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n\"These reforms will curtail people’s ability to rely on family or private life established while they had no right to be in the UK, ensuring the public interest in effective immigration control is only outweighed in truly exceptional cases.\"\n\nIn 2025 alone, GB News revealed that 77,000 people were allowed to stay in the UK on account of the controversial clause.\n\nThe Home Office found, under the new legislation, there would be an \"estimated 11,700 additional refusals\" of appeals launched by illegal migrants.\n\nBut the civil servants warned that those who are denied a claim could simply stay in Britain without legal authorisation.\n\n### BRITAIN'S BORDERS CRISIS - READ MORE:\n\n\n\n\n  * Shabana Mahmood bans migrants from being housed in new-build homes\n  * Council debate over 'sanctuary' status for migrants skipped and branded 'irrelevant'\n  * Illegal migrants shout 'this is the end of England' just moments before landing on British shores\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n__**_\n_**\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nShadow Home Secretary Chris Philp ripped into the \"minor tweaks\" planned by Labour, adding they will make \"no difference whatsoever in practice\".\n\n\"Fine-tuning Article 8 and modern slavery laws was tried before and did not work,\" he told The Telegraph.\n\n“The only way to end illegal immigration is to pull out of the ECHR and any other vexatious obligation that blocks removal, so we can deport all illegal immigrants within a week of arrival.\n\n\"These gimmicks from Labour will not move the needle and are simply performative – just like their previous absurd claim to smash the gangs.\"\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n__**_MORE TO FOLLOW..._**\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n**Our Standards: The GB News Editorial Charter**",
  "title": "Migrants who establish families while in UK illegally to lose right to fight deportation on human rights grounds"
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