Shabana Mahmood: “Those faking persecution are beneath contempt and mock real victims who need protection.”

You’ve got to be able to apply your principles, even when it’s uncomfortable for you, because you’re going to really want to apply them when it’s something you, you know, with your whole heart, are feeling very passionately about.

I know this will be especially true in Manchester, as we mark one year since the terrorist attack at Heaton Park Synagogue.

They’re just troublemakers. You know, they’d kill me in a minute if they could, and they’d definitely kick me out of my own country.

I am very clear that the test will be one of fairness, fairness of those who have come and fairness for British citizens. It's a question of finding the right balance for that fairness.