Asylum reforms: What do we know so far? (Yui Mok/PA) Earlier this year Home Secretary Priti Patel vowed to tackle “illegal migration head-on” as she announced the “most significant overhaul of our asylum system in decades”. The Government insists the plan will be “fair but firm” and will put those with a genuine need for refuge at the heart of proposals, as well as pledging to tackle people smugglers and remove people from the UK who have “no right” to be there. The PA news agency takes a look at what we know so far about the plans. – What is happening?