Shabana Mahmood: “Foreign states are becoming ever more aggressive – attacking our communities, our way of life, and our institutions –…”

There is nothing fair about a system that is based upon uncontrolled, unsafe and illegal routes into this country.

It has been settled government policy since last summer, in fact, that the qualifying period will rise from five years to ten.

That’s why we’re doubling the number of NCA officers, because we know that this is the work we need to do in order to secure our border.

I’m doing whatever it takes to secure our border.