UK to limit protections for refugees: govt

The measures include forcing refugees to return to their home countries once they are deemed safe.

Britain will reduce protections for refugees under plans to overhaul its asylum system, the government announced on Saturday.

Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer. (Reuters)

The measures, which will include forcing refugees to return to their home countries once they are deemed safe, were announced as the government faces mounting pressure over irregular migration.