Migration
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Shabana Mahmood’s new legal route for refugeesThe Explainer Around a quarter of asylum seekers admitted under reopened resettlement scheme will be Afghan women and girls or Palestinian refugees
By Chas Newkey-Burden, The Week UK Published
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How nativism has been normalised in SwedenIn the Spotlight Far-right Sweden Democrats have made anti-immigrant sentiment mainstream, but election results suggest they may have overplayed their hand
By The Week UK Published
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The Week Unwrapped: Will Europe meet Canada in the Arctic?Podcast Plus, is the Piddington vote a sign of things to come? And why did it take 50 years to recognise a lost talent?
By The Week UK Published
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Trump’s deportation drive: a victim of its own success?Talking Point There are fewer illegal immigrants in the US since Trump’s second term began, but a declining workforce has stymied economic growth
By The Week UK Published
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Why Sweden is deporting vulnerable BritsThe Explainer Criticism is mounting over how Britons who made the country their home before Brexit are being dealt with
By Chas Newkey-Burden, The Week UK Published
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What an AfD Germany would look likeThe Explainer Far-right party on course to win state elections for first time, with plan to implement radical policy platform focused on immigration and family
By The Week UK Published
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Ethiopians in US to lose TPS status after rulingSpeed Read The ruling will apply to about 5,000 Ethiopians living in the U.S.
By Rafi Schwartz, The Week US Published
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What has caused Spain’s migrant crisis to flare up?Today’s Big Question Tempers are running hot among EU members as thousands of migrants forced their way into the Spanish enclave of Ceuta
By Jamie Timson, The Week UK Published
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The Belfast riots: an anti-migrant ‘pogrom’In the Spotlight Disorder over migrant knife attack shines a light on new era of political violence fuelled by social media
By The Week UK Published
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The UK’s AI experiment on children seeking asylumThe Explainer Two reports have identified flaws with the facial age estimation technology to be used by Home Office
By Chas Newkey-Burden, The Week UK Published
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EU asylum pact: will it exacerbate UK’s migration woes?Stricter bloc-wide rules come into force today as worries persist over soft UK-Ireland border
By Jamie Timson, The Week UK Published
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Net migration at new low – so why is immigration such a hot topic?Today's Big Question Despite latest evidence of falling migration numbers, debate around the subject remains ‘hostile’
By Jamie Timson, The Week UK Published
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Why is youth unemployment so high?The Explainer Young Britons face ‘toxic cocktail of rising employment taxes, perverse incentives to claim benefits and a broken migration system’
By The Week UK Published
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Switzerland could vote to cap its populationUnder the Radar Swiss People’s Party proposes referendum on radical anti-immigration measure to limit residents to 10 million
By Harriet Marsden, The Week UK Published
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