UK asylum seekers face £10,000 repayment under new law

The UK government's new immigration and asylum bill will require asylum seekers to repay roughly £10,000 in state-funded living costs or be denied settled status — a scheme officials are comparing to student loans, though charities call it a tax on people fleeing war and torture. The bill is due before MPs on Tuesday. It arrives alongside a separate announcement raising the minimum sentence for domestic murder to 25 years.