Asylum seekers
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Meloni's migration solution: camps in Albania
Talking Point The controversial approach is potentially 'game-changing'
By The Week UK Published
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The African asylum seekers fighting for Israel in Gaza
Under the Radar 'Quid pro quo' recruitment offer condemned as unethical as Israel seeks to address shortage of soldiers
By The Week Staff Published
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The Tamils stranded on 'secretive' British island in Indian Ocean
Under the Radar Migrants 'unlawfully detained' since 2021 shipwreck on UK-controlled Diego Garcia, site of important US military base
By Harriet Marsden, The Week UK Published
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The UK's asylum trap
The Explainer The UK asylum system is widely acknowledged to be broken. It's also an electoral 'wedge issue' between the Tories and Labour
By The Week UK Published
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Rishi Sunak's asylum spat with Ireland explained
In Depth Irish government plans to override court ruling that the UK is unsafe for asylum seekers
By The Week UK Published
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'Biden has contaminated the historic public support for LEGAL immigration'
Instant Opinion Opinion, comment and editorials of the day
By Harold Maass, The Week US Published
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'The Republican Party has become just another subsidiary of Donald Trump Inc.'
Instant Opinion Opinion, comment and editorials of the day
By Harold Maass, The Week US Published
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The Clapham attack: a 'wake-up call'?
Talking Point The shocking case may prove the British asylum system is broken but it has also been exploited for political purposes
By The Week UK Published
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'Mixing new technology and new laws is always a fraught business'
Instant Opinion Opinion, comment and editorials of the day
By Harold Maass, The Week US Published
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Is it time the world re-evaluated the rules on migration?
Today's Big Question Home Secretary Suella Braverman questions whether 1951 UN Refugee Convention is 'fit for our modern age'
By The Week Staff Published
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NYC Mayor Eric Adams' alarm over the city's migrant crisis
New York's mayor warns a wave of asylum seekers could "destroy" the city
By Harold Maass Published
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Ascension island: UK could send small boats arrivals to remote Atlantic territory
Speed Read UK government weighs up alternatives if Rwanda scheme is ruled unlawful by Supreme Court
By Sorcha Bradley Published
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US Republicans push to keep strict Covid border laws
Speed Read A judge ruled that the controversial Title 42 restrictions on asylum seekers should be scrapped
By Richard Windsor Published
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What Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak are saying about immigration
feature Conservative leadership rivals have both outlined plans to crack down on illegal migrants
By The Week Staff Published
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