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Shabana Mahmood is set to announce that countries refusing to accept the deportation of failed asylum seekers or foreign criminals from Britain will face visa bans.

States that do not comply will face a “sliding scale” of penalties, ranging from the removal of fast-track visa services to bans on entry documents for everyone from tourists to senior politicians.

On Monday, the Home Secretary will announce plans to block people from travelling to the UK from Angola, Namibia, and the Democratic Republic of Congo unless there is a rapid improvement in the number of returned migrants they accept, reports The Telegraph.

Other countries will also be at risk of a future crackdown, with Somalia, Bangladesh, Iran, and Egypt among those with the worst records for accepting refused asylum seekers, according to analysis of Home Office data by the University of Oxford’s Migration Observatory.

Trump-style visa bans among measures to ramp up removals

The visa bans, which mirror measures introduced by former US President Donald Trump against some African and East Asian nations during his first term, are among a string of measures to ramp up the removal of illegal migrants and foreign criminal offenders.

Reforms to be announced by Ms Mahmood will include legislation to prevent immigration judges from putting migrants’ rights to a family life under the European Convention of Human Rights (ECHR) ahead of protecting the public and controlling the UK’s borders.

UK to work with Europe on ECHR reforms

Ms Mahmood will commit the UK to working with other European countries on reforms to the ECHR in an attempt to prevent it from blocking deportations.

Additionally, illegal migrants will be restricted by law to only one appeal against their removal, rather than “endless” appeals where they cite different reasons at different times to remain in Britain. The appeals will be decided by a Danish-style independent board of adjudicators with powers to identify and weed out unfounded cases.

Ms Mahmood said: “Illegal migrants and foreign criminals are exploiting our human rights laws. I share the public’s fury at seeing our laws used against us. It is an outrage that an arsonist sentenced to five years in jail can’t be deported because his sibling lives in the country.

“We will write domestic laws so the safety of British citizens comes first. We will bear down on vexatious human rights claims that ground flights. Bogus cases raised by claimants without a leg to stand on will be heard and dismissed faster.”

Crackdown on “pull factors” driving Channel crossings

In a crackdown on “pull factors” driving Channel crossings, refugees who enter the UK illegally will be forced to wait 20 years before they can apply for permanent settlement.

Refugee status will become temporary, with reviews every 30 months to determine whether their home country is safe for them to be returned. Migrants will also be forced to sell valuables such as necklaces and jewellery to pay for accommodation costs, The Sun reported, while asylum seekers living in hotels will have to hand over assets such as cars and e-bikes.

Denmark’s tough stance on illegal immigration

Denmark’s policy of forcing migrants to hand over jewellery and valuables has earned it its reputation as one of the toughest countries in Europe on illegal immigration.

The plans, to be set out in a 33-page blueprint, are Sir Keir Starmer’s latest attempt to take the fight to Nigel Farage’s Reform UK party, which is leading in the polls.

There is turbulence within Labour over Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer’s leadership after he abandoned Budget plans to raise income tax and following last week’s briefing war against possible leadership rivals. No 10 sources insisted last week that Sir Keir would fight any challenge, with Health Secretary Wes Streeting named as a supposed rival.

Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood, who has been tipped as a possible future Labour leader, described the attacks on Mr Streeting as “horribly embarrassing”.

Speaking to the BBC’s Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg, she said: “We all have important, difficult jobs to do and it is incumbent on all of us Cabinet ministers to focus on the job.”

Mahmood denies immigration crackdown is ‘racist’

On Sunday, the Home Secretary denied to Sky News that her immigration crackdown was “racist”. Challenged by Sky presenter Trevor Phillips that Labour had been “panicked” into a “racist” immigration policy, Ms Mahmood said: “I reject that entirely. I am the child of immigrants. My parents came to this country legally in the late 60s and the early 70s. This is a moral mission for me.”

On Sunday night, Ms Mahmood warned Labour MPs thinking of rebelling against her plans that anger about illegal immigration is making second and third generation immigrants such as her less safe in Britain.

She wrote in the Guardian: “I know that a country without secure borders is a less safe country for those who look like me. Dark forces are stirring up anger in this country, and seeking to turn that anger into hate. We must take the opportunity we have to stop that from happening. And I know we can.”

The Home Secretary has previously warned countries refusing to take back illegal migrants that she expected them to “play ball, play by the rules and if one of your citizens has no right to be in the country, you do need to take them back”.