Home Secretary Yvette Cooper speaks during the Organised Immigration Crime Summit at Lancaster House in central London, Monday March 31, 2025. Yvette Cooper has been accused of repeating Donald Trump’s “dangerous” characterisation of asylum seekers.The home secretary announced today that the government is changing the law to prevent sex offenders from being granted asylum in the UK as part of the border security bill.Speaking to BBC Radio 4′s Today programme, Cooper said the government has returned 24,000 people to their origin country “as a result of our strengthened work”.The minister also said they were reviewing court procedure where judges have overturned the decision to deport some people using the European Convention on Human Rights, which protects the right to family life.But